The Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Volume 1Tauchnitz, 1858 - 4 pagina's |
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Pagina 16
... nature is forbid . The love of different women is , in geographical poetry , compared to travels through different countries : Hast thou not found each woman's breast ( The land where thou hast travelled ) Either by savages possest , Or ...
... nature is forbid . The love of different women is , in geographical poetry , compared to travels through different countries : Hast thou not found each woman's breast ( The land where thou hast travelled ) Either by savages possest , Or ...
Pagina 20
... Nature's well - set clock in pieces took ; On all the springs and smallest wheels did look Of life and motion , and with equal art Made up the whole again of every part . COWLEY . COWLEY . A coal - pit has not often found its poet ; but ...
... Nature's well - set clock in pieces took ; On all the springs and smallest wheels did look Of life and motion , and with equal art Made up the whole again of every part . COWLEY . COWLEY . A coal - pit has not often found its poet ; but ...
Pagina 22
... Nature's hand : And I must needs , I'm sure , a loser be , To change thee as thou'rt there , for very thee . That prayer and labour should co - operate , are thus taught by Donne : In none but us are such mix'd engines found , As hands ...
... Nature's hand : And I must needs , I'm sure , a loser be , To change thee as thou'rt there , for very thee . That prayer and labour should co - operate , are thus taught by Donne : In none but us are such mix'd engines found , As hands ...
Pagina 25
... nature in pursuit of something new and strange ; and that the writers fail to give delight by their desire of exciting admiration . HAVING thus endeavoured to exhibit a general represen- tation of the style and sentiments of the ...
... nature in pursuit of something new and strange ; and that the writers fail to give delight by their desire of exciting admiration . HAVING thus endeavoured to exhibit a general represen- tation of the style and sentiments of the ...
Pagina 28
... natural , and nature is uniform . Men have been wise in very different modes ; but they have always laughed the same way . Levity of thought naturally produced familiarity of language , and the familiar part of language continues long ...
... natural , and nature is uniform . Men have been wise in very different modes ; but they have always laughed the same way . Levity of thought naturally produced familiarity of language , and the familiar part of language continues long ...
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