The Lives of the English PoetsJones and Company, 1848 - 365 pagina's |
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Pagina 20
... Essays which accompany them must not be for- gotten . What is said by Sprat of his conversa- tion , that no man could draw from it any sus- picion of his excellence in poetry , may be applied of re + bara pi DENHA M. 20 COWLEY .
... Essays which accompany them must not be for- gotten . What is said by Sprat of his conversa- tion , that no man could draw from it any sus- picion of his excellence in poetry , may be applied of re + bara pi DENHA M. 20 COWLEY .
Pagina 21
... excellence as enabled succeed- ing poets to improve it . ** < 5 ° OF SIR JOHN DENHAM very little is known but what is related of him by Wood , or by himself . He was born at Dublin in 1615 ; * the only son of Sir John Denham , of Little ...
... excellence as enabled succeed- ing poets to improve it . ** < 5 ° OF SIR JOHN DENHAM very little is known but what is related of him by Wood , or by himself . He was born at Dublin in 1615 ; * the only son of Sir John Denham , of Little ...
Pagina 23
... excellence contains a very sprightly and judicious character separated from its adjacent fault by so nice a of a good translator : I bor yatbostenybare line of limitation ; the different parts of the sen- so no Not the effect of poetry ...
... excellence contains a very sprightly and judicious character separated from its adjacent fault by so nice a of a good translator : I bor yatbostenybare line of limitation ; the different parts of the sen- so no Not the effect of poetry ...
Pagina 35
... excellence ; nor could there be any more delightful entertainment than to trace their gradual growth and expansion , and to observe how they are sometimes suddenly improved by accidental hints , and sometimes slowly improved by steady ...
... excellence ; nor could there be any more delightful entertainment than to trace their gradual growth and expansion , and to observe how they are sometimes suddenly improved by accidental hints , and sometimes slowly improved by steady ...
Pagina 43
... excellence were so different from his own , would have had much of his approbation . His character of Dryden , who sometimes visited him , was , that he was a good rhymist , but no poet . : His theological opinions are said to have been ...
... excellence were so different from his own , would have had much of his approbation . His character of Dryden , who sometimes visited him , was , that he was a good rhymist , but no poet . : His theological opinions are said to have been ...
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