The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pagina's |
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Pagina 4
... pleasing has in different men produced actions of heroism , and effusions of wit ; but it seems as reasonable to appear the champion as the poet of an " airy nothing , " and to quarrel as to write for what Cowley might have learned from ...
... pleasing has in different men produced actions of heroism , and effusions of wit ; but it seems as reasonable to appear the champion as the poet of an " airy nothing , " and to quarrel as to write for what Cowley might have learned from ...
Pagina 27
... pleasing specimen of the familiar descending to the burlesque . but His two metrical disquisitions for and against Reason , are no mean specimens of metaphysical poetry . The stanzas against knowledge produce little conviction . In ...
... pleasing specimen of the familiar descending to the burlesque . but His two metrical disquisitions for and against Reason , are no mean specimens of metaphysical poetry . The stanzas against knowledge produce little conviction . In ...
Pagina 28
... pleasing , than a faithful , representation , having retained their spriteliness , but lost their simplicity . The Anacreon of Cowley , like the Homer of Pope , has admitted the decoration of some modern graces , by which he is ...
... pleasing , than a faithful , representation , having retained their spriteliness , but lost their simplicity . The Anacreon of Cowley , like the Homer of Pope , has admitted the decoration of some modern graces , by which he is ...
Pagina 34
... pleasing fashion , and they that could do nothing else , could write like Pindar . The rights of antiquity were invaded , and disorder tried to break into the Latin ; a poem on the Sheldonian Theatre , in which all kinds of verse are ...
... pleasing fashion , and they that could do nothing else , could write like Pindar . The rights of antiquity were invaded , and disorder tried to break into the Latin ; a poem on the Sheldonian Theatre , in which all kinds of verse are ...
Pagina 43
... pleasing , must please at once . The pleasures of the mind imply something sudden and unexpected ; that which elevates must always surprise . What is perceived by slow degrees may gratify us with consciousness of improvement , but will ...
... pleasing , must please at once . The pleasures of the mind imply something sudden and unexpected ; that which elevates must always surprise . What is perceived by slow degrees may gratify us with consciousness of improvement , but will ...
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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