The lives of the most eminent English poetsJ. Buckland, 1787 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 57
Page 14
... not promife to aid him in any injurious act , because no power can compel active obe- dience . He may engage to do nothing , but not to do ill . There There is reafon to think that Cowley promised little . 34 COW LE Y.
... not promife to aid him in any injurious act , because no power can compel active obe- dience . He may engage to do nothing , but not to do ill . There There is reafon to think that Cowley promised little . 34 COW LE Y.
Page 38
... because they fupply commodious allufions . It gave a piteous groan , and fo it broke ; In vain it something would have spoke : The love within too ftrong for❜t was , Like poifon put into a Venice - glass . COWLEY . IN forming ...
... because they fupply commodious allufions . It gave a piteous groan , and fo it broke ; In vain it something would have spoke : The love within too ftrong for❜t was , Like poifon put into a Venice - glass . COWLEY . IN forming ...
Page 41
... because they ftand fo thick i'th ' fky , If those be ftars which paint the galaxy . In his verses to Lord Falkland , whom every man of his time was proud to praise , there are , as there must be in all Cowley's compofitions , fome ...
... because they ftand fo thick i'th ' fky , If those be ftars which paint the galaxy . In his verses to Lord Falkland , whom every man of his time was proud to praise , there are , as there must be in all Cowley's compofitions , fome ...
Page 54
... because the Æneid had that number ; but he had lei- fure or perfeverance only to write the third part . Epick poems have been left unfinished by Virgil , Sta- tius , Spenfer , and Cowley . That we have not the whole Davideis is ...
... because the Æneid had that number ; but he had lei- fure or perfeverance only to write the third part . Epick poems have been left unfinished by Virgil , Sta- tius , Spenfer , and Cowley . That we have not the whole Davideis is ...
Page 62
... because ano- ther had ufed it : his known wealth was fo great , that he might have borrowed without lofs of credit . In his elegy on Sir Henry Wotton , the last lines have fuch resemblance to the noble epigram of Grotius upon the death ...
... because ano- ther had ufed it : his known wealth was fo great , that he might have borrowed without lofs of credit . In his elegy on Sir Henry Wotton , the last lines have fuch resemblance to the noble epigram of Grotius upon the death ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Æneid againſt anfwer appears becauſe cenfure character Charles Dryden compofitions confidered converfation Cowley criticiſm criticks deferve defign defire diſcover Dryden eafily Earl elegance Engliſh excellence expreffions exprefs fafe faid fame fatire fays fecond feems feldom fenfe fent fentiments fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon ftill ftudies ftyle fubject fuch fuffered fufficiently fupply fuppofed fure genius heroick himſelf houſe Hudibras itſelf John Dryden King labour laft laſt learning leaſt lefs Lord meaſure Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt neceffary never NIHIL numbers obferved occafion paffage paffed paffions Paradife Loft perfon perhaps Pindar pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry praife praiſe prefent profe publick publiſhed purpoſe racter raiſed reafon reft reprefented rhyme ſeems ſtudy thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought tion tragedy tranflation univerfally uſed verfe verfification verſes Virgil Waller whofe write written