The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pagina's |
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... natural desire of man to pro- pagate a wonder . It is surely very difficult to tell any thing as it was heard , when Sprat ... Nature for literary politeness . But in the author's own honest relation , the marvel vanishes : he was , says ...
... natural desire of man to pro- pagate a wonder . It is surely very difficult to tell any thing as it was heard , when Sprat ... Nature for literary politeness . But in the author's own honest relation , the marvel vanishes : he was , says ...
Pagina 4
... natural ; it is natural likewise for the lover to solicit reciprocal regard by an elaborate display of his own qualifications . The desire of pleasing has in different men produced actions of heroism , and effusions of wit ; but it ...
... natural ; it is natural likewise for the lover to solicit reciprocal regard by an elaborate display of his own qualifications . The desire of pleasing has in different men produced actions of heroism , and effusions of wit ; but it ...
Pagina 11
... nature to the choice of man , has its changes and fashions , and at different times takes different forms . About the beginning of the seventeenth century , appeared a race of writers that may be termed the metaphysical poets : of whom ...
... nature to the choice of man , has its changes and fashions , and at different times takes different forms . About the beginning of the seventeenth century , appeared a race of writers that may be termed the metaphysical poets : of whom ...
Pagina 12
... nature and art are ransacked for illustrations , comparisons , and allusions ; their learning instructs , and their subtlety surprises ; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought , and , though he sometimes admires ...
... nature and art are ransacked for illustrations , comparisons , and allusions ; their learning instructs , and their subtlety surprises ; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought , and , though he sometimes admires ...
Pagina 13
... nature , or the scenes of life , than he , who dissects a sun - beam with a prism , can exhibit the wide effulgence of a summer noon . What they wanted , however , of the sublime , they endea- voured to supply by hyperbole ; their ...
... nature , or the scenes of life , than he , who dissects a sun - beam with a prism , can exhibit the wide effulgence of a summer noon . What they wanted , however , of the sublime , they endea- voured to supply by hyperbole ; their ...
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Absalom and Achitophel Addison admiration afterwards Almanzor ancient appears beauties better blank verse censure character Charles Dryden compositions considered Cowley criticism death defend delight diction diligence dramatic Dryden Duke Earl elegance English English poetry Euripides excellence fancy favour friends genius Georgics heroic honour Hudibras images imagination imitation Jacob Tonson John Dryden Johnson's Lives Juvenal kind King known labour Lady language Latin learning lines Lord Lord Conway Milton mind nature never NIHIL numbers opinion Paradise Lost parliament passions perhaps Philips Pindar play pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope pounds praise preface produced published reader reason relates remarks reputation rhyme satire says seems sentiments shew shewn sometimes Sprat style supposed Syphax thee thing thou thought tion told tragedy translation truth verses versification Virgil virtue Waller Westminster Abbey words write written wrote