Lives of the English Poets, Waller, Milton, CowleyCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pagina's |
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Pagina 44
... sentiments ; but the conclusion is feeble . That on the Repairs of St. Paul's has something vulgar and obvious ; such as the mention of Amphion ; and something violent and harsh as , So all our minds with his conspire to grace The ...
... sentiments ; but the conclusion is feeble . That on the Repairs of St. Paul's has something vulgar and obvious ; such as the mention of Amphion ; and something violent and harsh as , So all our minds with his conspire to grace The ...
Pagina 45
... sentiments which his great predecessor Petrarch 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 ...
... sentiments which his great predecessor Petrarch 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 ...
Pagina 47
... sentiment , and very little from novelty of expression . Poetry pleases by exhibiting an idea more grateful to the mind than things themselves afford . This effect proceeds ... sentiments purely religious , it will be found that WALLER . 47.
... sentiment , and very little from novelty of expression . Poetry pleases by exhibiting an idea more grateful to the mind than things themselves afford . This effect proceeds ... sentiments purely religious , it will be found that WALLER . 47.
Pagina 48
Samuel Johnson. Of sentiments purely religious , it will be found that the most simple expression is the most sublime . Poetry loses its lustre and its power , because it is applied to the decoration of something more excellent than ...
Samuel Johnson. Of sentiments purely religious , it will be found that the most simple expression is the most sublime . Poetry loses its lustre and its power , because it is applied to the decoration of something more excellent than ...
Pagina 49
... sentiments and illustrations from the old mythology , for which it is vain to plead the example of ancient poets ; the deities , which they intro- duced so frequently , were considered as realities , so far as to be received by the ...
... sentiments and illustrations from the old mythology , for which it is vain to plead the example of ancient poets ; the deities , which they intro- duced so frequently , were considered as realities , so far as to be received by the ...
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