The lives of the most eminent English poetsJ. Buckland, 1787 |
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... excellence is truth : he that profeffes love ought to feel its power . Petrarch was a real lover , and Laura doubtlefs deferved his tendernefs . Of Cowley , we are told by Barnes * , who had means enough of informa- tion , that ...
... excellence is truth : he that profeffes love ought to feel its power . Petrarch was a real lover , and Laura doubtlefs deferved his tendernefs . Of Cowley , we are told by Barnes * , who had means enough of informa- tion , that ...
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... excellence no other poet . has hitherto afforded . To choose the best , among many good , is one of the most hazardous attempts of criticism . criticifm . I know not whether Scaliger himself has perfuaded 40 COWLEY ,
... excellence no other poet . has hitherto afforded . To choose the best , among many good , is one of the most hazardous attempts of criticism . criticifm . I know not whether Scaliger himself has perfuaded 40 COWLEY ,
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... excellence than that in which Cowley condems exu- berance of Wit : Yet ' tis not to adorn and gild each part , That fhews more coft than art . Jewels at nofe and lips but ill appear ; Rather than all things wit , let none be there ...
... excellence than that in which Cowley condems exu- berance of Wit : Yet ' tis not to adorn and gild each part , That fhews more coft than art . Jewels at nofe and lips but ill appear ; Rather than all things wit , let none be there ...
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... excellence as a mind not yet called forth to action can difplay . He knew how to distin- guish , and how to commend the qualities of his com- panion ; but when he wishes to make us weep , he for- gets to weep himself , and diverts his ...
... excellence as a mind not yet called forth to action can difplay . He knew how to distin- guish , and how to commend the qualities of his com- panion ; but when he wishes to make us weep , he for- gets to weep himself , and diverts his ...
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... excellence . Clarendon reprefents him as having taken a flight beyond all that went before him ; and Milton is faid to have declared , that the three greatest English poets were Spenfer , Shakspeare , and Cowley . His manner he had in ...
... excellence . Clarendon reprefents him as having taken a flight beyond all that went before him ; and Milton is faid to have declared , that the three greatest English poets were Spenfer , Shakspeare , and Cowley . His manner he had in ...
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