Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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... endeavoured to exhibit a general repre- sentation of the style and sentiments of the metaphysical poets , it is now proper to examine particularly the works of Cowley , who was almost the last of that race , and un- doubtedly the best ...
... endeavoured to exhibit a general repre- sentation of the style and sentiments of the metaphysical poets , it is now proper to examine particularly the works of Cowley , who was almost the last of that race , and un- doubtedly the best ...
Page 261
... endeavoured to persuade the publick that its approbation had been to that time misplaced . Settle was a while in high reputa- tion : his Empress of Morocco , having first delighted the town , was carried in triumph to Whitehall , and ...
... endeavoured to persuade the publick that its approbation had been to that time misplaced . Settle was a while in high reputa- tion : his Empress of Morocco , having first delighted the town , was carried in triumph to Whitehall , and ...
Page 389
... ficiency proportionate to the force of his mind , which was already such that he endeavoured to comprehend law , not as a series of precedents , or collection of positive precepts , but as a system of rational government ,
... ficiency proportionate to the force of his mind , which was already such that he endeavoured to comprehend law , not as a series of precedents , or collection of positive precepts , but as a system of rational government ,
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Absalom and Achitophel Addison admiration afterwards ancient appears beauties better blank verse Cato censure character Charles Dryden compositions considered Cowley criticism death delight diction diligence dramatick Dryden duke Earl elegance endeavoured English excellence fancy favour friends genius heroick honour Hudibras images imagination imitation Jacob Tonson John Dryden judgement Juvenal kind King known labour Lady language Latin learning lines lived lord Lord Conway Lord Roscommon Milton mind nature never NIHIL numbers observed opinion Paradise Lost passages passions performance perhaps Philips Pindar play pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope pounds praise produced publick published reader reason relates remarks reputation rhyme satire says seems Sempronius sentiments shew shewn sometimes Sprat supposed Syphax Tatler thing thou thought tion told tragedy translation Tyrannick Love verses versification Virgil virtue Waller Whig words write written wrote