Lives of the English Poets, Waller, Milton, CowleyCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pagina's |
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Pagina 12
... excellence comprised in wit . The lady was , indeed , inexorable ; but his uncommon qualifications , though they had no power upon her , re- commended him to the scholars and statesmen ; and undoubtedly many beauties of that time ...
... excellence comprised in wit . The lady was , indeed , inexorable ; but his uncommon qualifications , though they had no power upon her , re- commended him to the scholars and statesmen ; and undoubtedly many beauties of that time ...
Pagina 29
... excellence but virtue , and virtue his poet thought himself at liberty to supply . Charles had yet only the merit of struggling without success , and suffering with- out despair . A life of escapes and indigence could supply poetry with ...
... excellence but virtue , and virtue his poet thought himself at liberty to supply . Charles had yet only the merit of struggling without success , and suffering with- out despair . A life of escapes and indigence could supply poetry with ...
Pagina 35
... excellence and power of his wit , and pleasantness of his conversation , than that it was of magnitude enough to cover a world of very great faults ; that is , so to cover them , that they were not taken notice of to his reproach , viz ...
... excellence and power of his wit , and pleasantness of his conversation , than that it was of magnitude enough to cover a world of very great faults ; that is , so to cover them , that they were not taken notice of to his reproach , viz ...
Pagina 39
... excellence which has descended to us from the Gothic ages . As his poems are commonly occasional , and his addresses per-- sonal , he was not so liberally supplied with grand as with soft images ; for beauty is more easily found than ...
... excellence which has descended to us from the Gothic ages . As his poems are commonly occasional , and his addresses per-- sonal , he was not so liberally supplied with grand as with soft images ; for beauty is more easily found than ...
Pagina 45
... bequeathed to posterity , upon his review of that love and poetry which have given him immortality . That natural jealousy which makes every man un- willing to allow much excellence in another , always produces WALLER . 45 15.
... bequeathed to posterity , upon his review of that love and poetry which have given him immortality . That natural jealousy which makes every man un- willing to allow much excellence in another , always produces WALLER . 45 15.
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