The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volume 1 |
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... praises beauty which he never faw ; complains of jealousy which he never felt ; fuppofes himself sometimes invited , and fometimes forfaken ; fatigues his fancy , and ranfacks his memory , for images which may exhibit the gaiety of hope ...
... praises beauty which he never faw ; complains of jealousy which he never felt ; fuppofes himself sometimes invited , and fometimes forfaken ; fatigues his fancy , and ranfacks his memory , for images which may exhibit the gaiety of hope ...
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... praise may fafely be credited , as it has never been contradicted by envy or by faction . Such are the remarks and memorials which I have been able to add to the narra- Now in the poffeffion of Mr. Clarke , Alderman of Lon- don . Dr. J ...
... praise may fafely be credited , as it has never been contradicted by envy or by faction . Such are the remarks and memorials which I have been able to add to the narra- Now in the poffeffion of Mr. Clarke , Alderman of Lon- don . Dr. J ...
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... praise , there are , as there must be in all Cowley's compofitions , some striking thoughts , but they are not well wrought . His elegy on Sir Henry Wotton is vigorous and happy , the feries of thoughts is eafy and natural , and the ...
... praise , there are , as there must be in all Cowley's compofitions , some striking thoughts , but they are not well wrought . His elegy on Sir Henry Wotton is vigorous and happy , the feries of thoughts is eafy and natural , and the ...
Page 60
... praise or cenfure . They have all the fame beauties and faults , and nearly in the fame pro- portion . They are ... praises are too far fought , and too hyperbolical , either to express love , or to excite it ; every stanza is crowded ...
... praise or cenfure . They have all the fame beauties and faults , and nearly in the fame pro- portion . They are ... praises are too far fought , and too hyperbolical , either to express love , or to excite it ; every stanza is crowded ...
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... praise ; of which it may be faid with truth , that no man but Cowley could have written them . The Davideis now remains to be confi- dered ; a poem which the author defigned " magnifici Operis Encaniis . Recitatum Julii die 9 , Anno ...
... praise ; of which it may be faid with truth , that no man but Cowley could have written them . The Davideis now remains to be confi- dered ; a poem which the author defigned " magnifici Operis Encaniis . Recitatum Julii die 9 , Anno ...
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