Lives of the English Poets: Waller, Milton, CowleyCassell, 1891 - 192 pages |
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Page 179
... Davideis " supplies . One of the great sources of poetical delight is descrip- tion , or the power of presenting pictures to the mind . Cowley gives inferences instead of images , and shows not what may be supposed to have been seen ...
... Davideis " supplies . One of the great sources of poetical delight is descrip- tion , or the power of presenting pictures to the mind . Cowley gives inferences instead of images , and shows not what may be supposed to have been seen ...
Page 182
... Davideis " affords only four books , though intended to consist of twelve , there is no opportunity for such criticism as Epic poems commonly supply . The plan of the whole work is very imperfectly shown by the third part . The duration ...
... Davideis " affords only four books , though intended to consist of twelve , there is no opportunity for such criticism as Epic poems commonly supply . The plan of the whole work is very imperfectly shown by the third part . The duration ...
Page 183
... Davideis , " as of all Cowley's works , we find wit and learning unprofitably squandered . Attention has no relief ; the affections are never moved ; we are sometimes surprised , but never delighted ; and find much to admire , but ...
... Davideis , " as of all Cowley's works , we find wit and learning unprofitably squandered . Attention has no relief ; the affections are never moved ; we are sometimes surprised , but never delighted ; and find much to admire , but ...
Page 191
... Davideis 99 are some hemistichs , or verses left imperfect by the author , in imitation of Virgil , whom he supposes not to have intended to complete them ; that this opinion is erroneous , may be probably concluded , because this ...
... Davideis 99 are some hemistichs , or verses left imperfect by the author , in imitation of Virgil , whom he supposes not to have intended to complete them ; that this opinion is erroneous , may be probably concluded , because this ...
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