The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 |
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Pagina 35
... verses to Lord Falkland , whom every man of his time was proud to praise , there are , as there must be in all Cowley's compositions , some striking thoughts , but they are not well wrought . His elegy on Sir Henry Wotton is vigorous ...
... verses to Lord Falkland , whom every man of his time was proud to praise , there are , as there must be in all Cowley's compositions , some striking thoughts , but they are not well wrought . His elegy on Sir Henry Wotton is vigorous ...
Pagina 37
... verses for Reason , is a passage which Bentley , in the only English verses which he is known to have written , seems to have copied , though with the in- feriority of an imitator . The Holy Book like the eighth sphere doth shine With ...
... verses for Reason , is a passage which Bentley , in the only English verses which he is known to have written , seems to have copied , though with the in- feriority of an imitator . The Holy Book like the eighth sphere doth shine With ...
Pagina 38
... verses upon Cra- shaw , which apparently excel all that have gone before them , and in which there are beauties which common authors may justly think not only above their attainment , but above their ambition . To the Miscellanies ...
... verses upon Cra- shaw , which apparently excel all that have gone before them , and in which there are beauties which common authors may justly think not only above their attainment , but above their ambition . To the Miscellanies ...
Pagina 39
... verses of a lover , no man that has ever loved will much com- mend them . They are neither courtly nor pa thetic , have neither gallantry nor fondness . His , praises are too far sought , and too hyperbolical , either to express love or ...
... verses of a lover , no man that has ever loved will much com- mend them . They are neither courtly nor pa thetic , have neither gallantry nor fondness . His , praises are too far sought , and too hyperbolical , either to express love or ...
Pagina 40
... verses . From the charge of pro- faneness , the constant , tenor of his life , which seems to have been eminently virtuous , and the ge- neral tendency of his opinions , which discover no irreverence of religion , must defend him ; but ...
... verses . From the charge of pro- faneness , the constant , tenor of his life , which seems to have been eminently virtuous , and the ge- neral tendency of his opinions , which discover no irreverence of religion , must defend him ; but ...
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Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Samuel Johnson,George Birkbeck Norman Hill Fragmentweergave - 1968 |
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