The lives of the English poets: in 2 vol, Volume 1Tauchnitz, 1858 - 402 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 . His two metrical disquisitions for and against Reason , are no mean specimens of metaphysical poetry . The stanzas against knowledge produce little conviction . In those ...
... pleasing specimen of the familiar descending to the burlesque . His two metrical disquisitions for and against Reason , are no mean specimens of metaphysical poetry . The stanzas against knowledge produce little conviction . In those ...
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 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 never ...
... pleasing , must please at 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 never ...
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