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The Life of Cowley , notwithstanding the penury of English biography , has been
written by Dr . Sprat , an author whose pregnancy of imagination and elegance of
language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of ...
The Life of Cowley , notwithstanding the penury of English biography , has been
written by Dr . Sprat , an author whose pregnancy of imagination and elegance of
language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of ...
Pagina 2
Among the English poets , Cowley , Milton , and Pope , might be said “ to lisp in
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 .
Among the English poets , Cowley , Milton , and Pope , might be said “ to lisp in
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 .
Pagina 8
Milton is generally content to express the thoughts of the ancients in their
language ; Cowley , without much loss of purity or elegance , accommodates the
diction of Rome to his own conceptions . At the Restoration , after all the diligence
of his ...
Milton is generally content to express the thoughts of the ancients in their
language ; Cowley , without much loss of purity or elegance , accommodates the
diction of Rome to his own conceptions . At the Restoration , after all the diligence
of his ...
Pagina 12
But Pope ' s account of wit is undoubtedly erroneous : he depresses it below its
natural dignity , and reduces it from strength of thought to happiness of language
. If by a more noble and more adequate conception that be considered as wit ...
But Pope ' s account of wit is undoubtedly erroneous : he depresses it below its
natural dignity , and reduces it from strength of thought to happiness of language
. If by a more noble and more adequate conception that be considered as wit ...
Pagina 28
Levity of thought naturally produced familiarity of language , and the familiar part
of language continues long the same : the dialogue of comedy , when it is
transcribed from popular manners and real life , is read from age to age with
equal ...
Levity of thought naturally produced familiarity of language , and the familiar part
of language continues long the same : the dialogue of comedy , when it is
transcribed from popular manners and real life , is read from age to age with
equal ...
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| Titel | The Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Volume 1 Volumes 418-419 van Collection of British authors Volumes 418-419 van Tauchnitz edition. Collection of British authors The Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Johnson Volume 1 van The lives of the english poets, Samuel Johnson |
| Auteur | Johnson |
| Uitgever | Tauchnitz, 1858 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | Universiteit Gent |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 16 juni 2008 |
| Lengte | 4 pagina's |
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