Lives of the English Poets, Waller, Milton, CowleyCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pagina's |
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Pagina 34
... thought it so commendable an advantage , that he resolved to improve it with his utmost care , upon which in his nature he was too much intent ; and in order to that , he was so much reserved and retired , that he was scarcely ever ...
... thought it so commendable an advantage , that he resolved to improve it with his utmost care , upon which in his nature he was too much intent ; and in order to that , he was so much reserved and retired , that he was scarcely ever ...
Pagina 40
... thoughts are deficient , and sometimes his expression . The numbers are not always musical ; as , Fair Venus , in thy soft arms The god of rage confine : - For thy whispers are the charms Which only can divert his fierce design . " What ...
... thoughts are deficient , and sometimes his expression . The numbers are not always musical ; as , Fair Venus , in thy soft arms The god of rage confine : - For thy whispers are the charms Which only can divert his fierce design . " What ...
Pagina 41
... thoughts are sometimes hyperbolical and his images . unnatural : - The plants admire , No less than those of old did Orpheus ' lyre ; If she sit down , with tops all tow'rds her bow'd , They round about her into arbours crowd ; Or if ...
... thoughts are sometimes hyperbolical and his images . unnatural : - The plants admire , No less than those of old did Orpheus ' lyre ; If she sit down , with tops all tow'rds her bow'd , They round about her into arbours crowd ; Or if ...
Pagina 42
... thought too remote and un- consequential ; as in the verses on the Lady Dancing : The sun in figures such as these Joys with the moon to play : To the sweet strains they advance , Which do result from their own spheres ; As this nymph's ...
... thought too remote and un- consequential ; as in the verses on the Lady Dancing : The sun in figures such as these Joys with the moon to play : To the sweet strains they advance , Which do result from their own spheres ; As this nymph's ...
Pagina 44
... thought , that he " saves lovers , by cutting off hope , as gangrenes are cured by lopping the limb , " presents nothing to the mind but disgust and horror . Of the Battle of the Summer Islands , it seems not easy to say whether it is ...
... thought , that he " saves lovers , by cutting off hope , as gangrenes are cured by lopping the limb , " presents nothing to the mind but disgust and horror . Of the Battle of the Summer Islands , it seems not easy to say whether it is ...
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