The Lives of the English Poets, Volumes 1-2B. Tauchnitz, 1858 - 16 pagina's |
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... numbers ; " and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy minds seem scarcely credible . But of the learned puerilities of Cowley there is no doubt , since a volume ...
... numbers ; " and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy minds seem scarcely credible . But of the learned puerilities of Cowley there is no doubt , since a volume ...
Pagina 7
... of trees , in heroic numbers . At the same time were produced , from the same university , the two great poets , Cowley and Milton , of dissimilar genius , of opposite principles ; but concurring in the cultivation of COWLEY .
... of trees , in heroic numbers . At the same time were produced , from the same university , the two great poets , Cowley and Milton , of dissimilar genius , of opposite principles ; but concurring in the cultivation of COWLEY .
Pagina 8
... numbers were inevitably disap- pointed ; and Cowley found his reward very tediously delayed . He had been promised by both Charles the First and Second , the mastership of the Savoy ; " but he lost it , " says Wood , " by certain ...
... numbers were inevitably disap- pointed ; and Cowley found his reward very tediously delayed . He had been promised by both Charles the First and Second , the mastership of the Savoy ; " but he lost it , " says Wood , " by certain ...
Pagina 34
... numbers , and to have supplied smoothness of transition and continuity of thought . It is urged by Dr. Sprat , that the irregularity of numbers is the very thing which makes that kind of poesy fit for all manner of subjects . But he ...
... numbers , and to have supplied smoothness of transition and continuity of thought . It is urged by Dr. Sprat , that the irregularity of numbers is the very thing which makes that kind of poesy fit for all manner of subjects . But he ...
Pagina 35
... number : but he had leisure or perseverance only to write the third part . Epic poems have been left unfinished by Virgil , Statius , Spenser , and Cowley . That we have not the whole Davideis is , however , not much to be regretted ...
... number : but he had leisure or perseverance only to write the third part . Epic poems have been left unfinished by Virgil , Statius , Spenser , and Cowley . That we have not the whole Davideis is , however , not much to be regretted ...
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