The Lives of the English PoetsJones and Company, 1848 - 365 pagina's |
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Pagina 4
... wrote a Song of Triumph . But this was a time of such general hope , that By May's poem we are here to understand a continuation of Lucan's Pharsalia to the death of Julius Cæsar , by Thomas May , an eminent poet and historian , who ...
... wrote a Song of Triumph . But this was a time of such general hope , that By May's poem we are here to understand a continuation of Lucan's Pharsalia to the death of Julius Cæsar , by Thomas May , an eminent poet and historian , who ...
Pagina 6
... wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so imperfect that they were only found to be verses by counting the syllables . fall , that I am yet unable to ...
... wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so imperfect that they were only found to be verses by counting the syllables . fall , that I am yet unable to ...
Pagina 7
... wrote rather as beholders than partakers of human nature ; as beings looking upon good and evil , impassive and at leisure ; as Epicurean deities , making remarks on the actions of men , and the vicissitudes of life , without interest ...
... wrote rather as beholders than partakers of human nature ; as beings looking upon good and evil , impassive and at leisure ; as Epicurean deities , making remarks on the actions of men , and the vicissitudes of life , without interest ...
Pagina 8
... WROTE D WROTE POESIES FOR RIN * IS W enales de ct road * They , who above do various circles fiud , Say , like a ring , the equator heaven does bind When heaven shall be adorn'd by thee , ( Which then more heav'n than ' tis will be ...
... WROTE D WROTE POESIES FOR RIN * IS W enales de ct road * They , who above do various circles fiud , Say , like a ring , the equator heaven does bind When heaven shall be adorn'd by thee , ( Which then more heav'n than ' tis will be ...
Pagina 18
... wrote with abundant fer- tility , but negligent or unskilful selection ; with much thought , but with little imagery ; that he is never pathetic , and rarely sublime ; but al- ways either ingenious or learned , either acute or profound ...
... wrote with abundant fer- tility , but negligent or unskilful selection ; with much thought , but with little imagery ; that he is never pathetic , and rarely sublime ; but al- ways either ingenious or learned , either acute or profound ...
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