The Lives of the English PoetsBernhard Tauchnitz, 1858 - 414 pagina's |
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Pagina 23
... perhaps to be pathetic : As men in hell are from diseases free , So from all other ills am I , Free from their known formality : But all pains eminently lie in thee . COWLEY . They were not always strictly curious , whether the opinions ...
... perhaps to be pathetic : As men in hell are from diseases free , So from all other ills am I , Free from their known formality : But all pains eminently lie in thee . COWLEY . They were not always strictly curious , whether the opinions ...
Pagina 28
... perhaps , if they would honestly declare their own per- ceptions , to far the greater part of those whom courtesy and ignorance are content to style the learned . These little pieces will be found more finished in their kind than any ...
... perhaps , if they would honestly declare their own per- ceptions , to far the greater part of those whom courtesy and ignorance are content to style the learned . These little pieces will be found more finished in their kind than any ...
Pagina 40
... perhaps can be found in any other stanza of the poem . In the perusal of the Davideis , as of all Cowley's works , we find wit and learning unprofitably squandered . Attention has no relief ; the affections are never moved ; we are ...
... perhaps can be found in any other stanza of the poem . In the perusal of the Davideis , as of all Cowley's works , we find wit and learning unprofitably squandered . Attention has no relief ; the affections are never moved ; we are ...
Pagina 42
... perhaps not more fervent , is more delicate . Having produced one passage taken by Cowley from Donne , I will recompense him by another which Milton seems to have borrowed from him . He says of Goliah , His spear , the trunk was of a ...
... perhaps not more fervent , is more delicate . Having produced one passage taken by Cowley from Donne , I will recompense him by another which Milton seems to have borrowed from him . He says of Goliah , His spear , the trunk was of a ...
Pagina 45
... in ten syllables . But , not to defraud him of his due praise , he has given one example of representative versification , which perhaps no other English line can equal : Begin , be bold , and venture to be wise COWLEY . 45.
... in ten syllables . But , not to defraud him of his due praise , he has given one example of representative versification , which perhaps no other English line can equal : Begin , be bold , and venture to be wise COWLEY . 45.
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