The Lives of the English Poets, Volumes 1-2B. Tauchnitz, 1858 - 16 pagina's |
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Pagina 4
... excellence is truth : he that professes love ought to feel its power . Petrarch was a real lover , and Laura doubtless deserved his tenderness . Of Cowley , we are told by Barnes , who had means enough of information , that , whatever ...
... excellence is truth : he that professes love ought to feel its power . Petrarch was a real lover , and Laura doubtless deserved his tenderness . Of Cowley , we are told by Barnes , who had means enough of information , that , whatever ...
Pagina 8
... his own excellence . For the rejection of this play it is difficult now to find the reason ; it certainly has , in a very great degree , the power of fixing attention and exciting merriment . From the charge 8 COWLEY .
... his own excellence . For the rejection of this play it is difficult now to find the reason ; it certainly has , in a very great degree , the power of fixing attention and exciting merriment . From the charge 8 COWLEY .
Pagina 25
... excellence no other poet has hitherto afforded . To choose the best , among many good , is one of the most hazardous attempts of criticism . I know not whether Scaliger himself has persuaded many readers to join with him in his ...
... excellence no other poet has hitherto afforded . To choose the best , among many good , is one of the most hazardous attempts of criticism . I know not whether Scaliger himself has persuaded many readers to join with him in his ...
Pagina 26
... excellence than that in which Cowley condemns exuberance of wit : Yet ' tis not to adorn and gild each part , That shews more cost than art . Jewels at nose and lips but ill appear ; Rather than all things wit , let none be there ...
... excellence than that in which Cowley condemns exuberance of wit : Yet ' tis not to adorn and gild each part , That shews more cost than art . Jewels at nose and lips but ill appear ; Rather than all things wit , let none be there ...
Pagina 43
... excellence of this kind is merely fortuitous : he sinks willingly down to his general carelessness , and avoids with very little care either meanness or asperity . His contractions are often rugged and harsh : One flings a mountain ...
... excellence of this kind is merely fortuitous : he sinks willingly down to his general carelessness , and avoids with very little care either meanness or asperity . His contractions are often rugged and harsh : One flings a mountain ...
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