The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1858 |
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Pagina 11
... better man in England . " He is represented by Dr. Sprat as the most amiable of mankind ; and this posthumous praise may safely be credited , as it has never been contradicted by envy or by faction . Such are the remarks and memorials ...
... better man in England . " He is represented by Dr. Sprat as the most amiable of mankind ; and this posthumous praise may safely be credited , as it has never been contradicted by envy or by faction . Such are the remarks and memorials ...
Pagina 24
... fortunes without gain imported be , Such mighty custom's paid to thee : For joy , like wine kept close , does better taste , If it take air before its spirits waste . To the following comparison of a man that travels and 24 COWLEY .
... fortunes without gain imported be , Such mighty custom's paid to thee : For joy , like wine kept close , does better taste , If it take air before its spirits waste . To the following comparison of a man that travels and 24 COWLEY .
Pagina 25
... better claim : Our two souls , therefore , which are one , Though I must go , endure not yet A breach , but an expansion , Like gold to airy thinness beat , If they be two , they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul ...
... better claim : Our two souls , therefore , which are one , Though I must go , endure not yet A breach , but an expansion , Like gold to airy thinness beat , If they be two , they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul ...
Pagina 53
... better way , but has not pursued it with great success . His versions of Virgil are not pleasing ; but they taught Dryden to please better . His poetical imitation of Tully on " Old Age " has neither the clearness of prose , nor the ...
... better way , but has not pursued it with great success . His versions of Virgil are not pleasing ; but they taught Dryden to please better . His poetical imitation of Tully on " Old Age " has neither the clearness of prose , nor the ...
Pagina 54
... better practice as he gains more confidence in himself . In his translation of Virgil , written when he was about twenty - one years old , may be still found the old manner of continuing the sense ungracefully from verse to verse ...
... better practice as he gains more confidence in himself . In his translation of Virgil , written when he was about twenty - one years old , may be still found the old manner of continuing the sense ungracefully from verse to verse ...
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