The lives of the English poets: in 2 vol, Volume 1Tauchnitz, 1858 - 402 pagina's |
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... poet of an " airy nothing , " and to quarrel as to write for what Cowley might have learned from master Pindar to call " the dream of a shadow . " It is surely not difficult , in the solitude of a college , or in the bustle of the world ...
... poet of an " airy nothing , " and to quarrel as to write for what Cowley might have learned from master Pindar to call " the dream of a shadow . " It is surely not difficult , in the solitude of a college , or in the bustle of the world ...
Pagina 11
... poets : of whom , in a criticism on the works of Cowley , it is not improper to give some ac- count . The metaphysical poets were men of learning , and to shew their learning was their whole endeavour : but , unluckily re- solving to ...
... poets : of whom , in a criticism on the works of Cowley , it is not improper to give some ac- count . The metaphysical poets were men of learning , and to shew their learning was their whole endeavour : but , unluckily re- solving to ...
Pagina 12
... poets , allow them to be wits . Dryden confesses of himself and his contemporaries , that they fall below Donne in wit ; but maintains , that they surpass him in poetry . If wit be well described by Pope , as being " that which has been ...
... poets , allow them to be wits . Dryden confesses of himself and his contemporaries , that they fall below Donne in wit ; but maintains , that they surpass him in poetry . If wit be well described by Pope , as being " that which has been ...
Pagina 14
... poets ( for poets they were called by themselves and their admirers ) was eminently distinguished . As the authors of this race were perhaps more desirous of being admired than understood , they sometimes drew their conceits from ...
... poets ( for poets they were called by themselves and their admirers ) was eminently distinguished . As the authors of this race were perhaps more desirous of being admired than understood , they sometimes drew their conceits from ...
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... poet ; but , that it may not want its due honour , Cleiveland has paralleled it with the Sun : The moderate value of our guiltless ore Makes no man atheist , and no woman whore ; Yet why should hallow'd vestal's sacred shrine Deserve ...
... poet ; but , that it may not want its due honour , Cleiveland has paralleled it with the Sun : The moderate value of our guiltless ore Makes no man atheist , and no woman whore ; Yet why should hallow'd vestal's sacred shrine Deserve ...
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