Lives of the English Poets: Waller, Milton, CowleyCassell, 1891 - 192 pagina's |
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Pagina 10
... never be obsolete ; and that " were we to judge only by the wording , we could not know what was wrote at twenty , and what at fourscore . " His versification was , in his first essay , such as it appears in his last performance . By ...
... never be obsolete ; and that " were we to judge only by the wording , we could not know what was wrote at twenty , and what at fourscore . " His versification was , in his first essay , such as it appears in his last performance . By ...
Pagina 12
... never honoured or admired . Yet he describes Sacharissa as a sublime predominating beauty , of lofty charms , and imperious influence , on whom he looks with amazement rather than fondness , whose chains he wishes , though in vain , to ...
... never honoured or admired . Yet he describes Sacharissa as a sublime predominating beauty , of lofty charms , and imperious influence , on whom he looks with amazement rather than fondness , whose chains he wishes , though in vain , to ...
Pagina 13
... never can approve . There are charms made only for distant admiration . No spectacle is nobler than a blaze . Of this wife , his biographers have recorded that she gave him five sons and eight daughters . During the long interval of ...
... never can approve . There are charms made only for distant admiration . No spectacle is nobler than a blaze . Of this wife , his biographers have recorded that she gave him five sons and eight daughters . During the long interval of ...
Pagina 14
... never apprehend themselves in danger ; and they who have nothing left can never give freely . " Political truth is equally in danger from the praises of courtiers , and the exclamations of patriots . He then proceeds to rail at the ...
... never apprehend themselves in danger ; and they who have nothing left can never give freely . " Political truth is equally in danger from the praises of courtiers , and the exclamations of patriots . He then proceeds to rail at the ...
Pagina 17
... never suffered the Senate to have a voice any more in such election . " If these great innovations proceed , I shall expect a flat and level in learning too , as well as in Church pre- ferments : Honos alit Artes . And though it be true ...
... never suffered the Senate to have a voice any more in such election . " If these great innovations proceed , I shall expect a flat and level in learning too , as well as in Church pre- ferments : Honos alit Artes . And though it be true ...
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