The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volume 1 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 60
Page 12
... line 615 . Yet let a race untam'd , and haughty foes , His peaceful entrance with dire arms oppose , Opprefs'd with numbers in th ' unequal field , His men difcourag'd , and himfelf expell'd : Let him for fuccour fue from place to place ...
... line 615 . Yet let a race untam'd , and haughty foes , His peaceful entrance with dire arms oppose , Opprefs'd with numbers in th ' unequal field , His men difcourag'd , and himfelf expell'd : Let him for fuccour fue from place to place ...
Page 13
... line 152 . O Pallas , thou haft fail'd thy plighted word , To fight with caution , not to tempt the fword ; I warn'd thee , but in vain , for well I knew What perils youthful ardour would pursue : That boiling blood would carry thee too ...
... line 152 . O Pallas , thou haft fail'd thy plighted word , To fight with caution , not to tempt the fword ; I warn'd thee , but in vain , for well I knew What perils youthful ardour would pursue : That boiling blood would carry thee too ...
Page 33
... lines upon Hobson the Carrier . Cowley adopted it , and excelled his predeceffors , having as much fentiment and more mufick . Suckling neither im- proved verfification , nor abounded in con- ceits . The fashionable ftyle remained ...
... lines upon Hobson the Carrier . Cowley adopted it , and excelled his predeceffors , having as much fentiment and more mufick . Suckling neither im- proved verfification , nor abounded in con- ceits . The fashionable ftyle remained ...
Page 35
... lines of Donne , on the last night of the year , have fome- thing in them too scholaftic , they are not inelegant : This twilight of two years , not paft nor next , Some emblem is of me , or I of this , Who , meteor - like , of stuff ...
... lines of Donne , on the last night of the year , have fome- thing in them too scholaftic , they are not inelegant : This twilight of two years , not paft nor next , Some emblem is of me , or I of this , Who , meteor - like , of stuff ...
Page 39
... lines are not eafily understood , they may be read again : On a round ball A workman , that hath copies by , can lay An Europe , Afric , and an Afia , And quickly make that , which was nothing , all . So doth each tear , Which thee doth ...
... lines are not eafily understood , they may be read again : On a round ball A workman , that hath copies by , can lay An Europe , Afric , and an Afia , And quickly make that , which was nothing , all . So doth each tear , Which thee doth ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
afterwards againſt almoſt anſwer appears becauſe beſt cauſe cenfured compofitions Comus confidered Cowley defign defire delight diſcovered Dryden Earl eaſily elegance Engliſh eſcape expreffion fafe faid fame fatire favour fays fecond feems fent fentiments fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon ftudies fubject fuch fufficiently fupply fuppofed fure greateſt himſelf hiſtory houſe Hudibras images itſelf kindneſs King known laft laſt Latin learning leaſt lefs Lord Lord Conway meaſure Milton mind moſt muſt nature neceffary never NIHIL numbers obferved occafion paffage paffion Paradife Loft perfons perhaps Philips Pindar pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry praiſe prefent preferved profe publick publiſhed purpoſe racter raiſed reaſon reprefented rhyme ſays ſeems ſome ſtate ſtill ſtudy ſtyle ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tion tranflation underſtanding univerfally uſe verfe verfification verſes Waller whofe whoſe write