The lives of the English poets: in 2 vol, Volume 1Tauchnitz, 1858 - 402 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 ...
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... 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 . 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 . 7.
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... 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 of t 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 of t the Savoy ; " but he lost it , ' says Wood , " by certain ...
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... numbers . Milton tried the metaphysic style only in his lines upon Hobson the Carrier . Cowley adopted it , and excelled his predecessors , having as much sentiment and more music . Suckling neither improved versification , nor abounded ...
... numbers . Milton tried the metaphysic style only in his lines upon Hobson the Carrier . Cowley adopted it , and excelled his predecessors , having as much sentiment and more music . Suckling neither improved versification , nor abounded ...
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... number and fixt rules were brought . Water and air he for the Tenor chose , Earth made the Bass ; the Treble , flame arose . COWLEY . The tears of lovers are always of great poetical account ; but Donne has extended them into worlds ...
... number and fixt rules were brought . Water and air he for the Tenor chose , Earth made the Bass ; the Treble , flame arose . COWLEY . The tears of lovers are always of great poetical account ; but Donne has extended them into worlds ...
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