The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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... compositions , " The tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe , " written when he was ten years old ; and " Constantia and Philetus , " written two years after . While he was yet at school he produced a comedy called " Love's Riddle ...
... compositions , " The tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe , " written when he was ten years old ; and " Constantia and Philetus , " written two years after . While he was yet at school he produced a comedy called " Love's Riddle ...
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... compositions it will be readily inferred , that they were not successful in representing or moving the affections . As they were wholly employed on something unexpected and surprising , they had no regard to that uniformity of sentiment ...
... compositions it will be readily inferred , that they were not successful in representing or moving the affections . As they were wholly employed on something unexpected and surprising , they had no regard to that uniformity of sentiment ...
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... compositions , written , some as they were dictated by a mind at leisure , and some as they were called forth by different occasions ; with great variety of style and sentiment , from burlesque levity to awful grandeur . Such an ...
... compositions , written , some as they were dictated by a mind at leisure , and some as they were called forth by different occasions ; with great variety of style and sentiment , from burlesque levity to awful grandeur . Such an ...
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... compositions , some striking thoughts , but they are not well wrought . His elegy on Sir Henry Wotton is vigorous and happy : the series of thoughts is easy and natural ; and the conclusion , though a little weakened by the intrusion of ...
... compositions , some striking thoughts , but they are not well wrought . His elegy on Sir Henry Wotton is vigorous and happy : the series of thoughts is easy and natural ; and the conclusion , though a little weakened by the intrusion of ...
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... composition unrivalled and alone : such gaiety of fancy , such facility of expression , such varied simili- tude , such a succession of images , and such a dance of words , it is in vain to expect except from Cowley . His strength ...
... composition unrivalled and alone : such gaiety of fancy , such facility of expression , such varied simili- tude , such a succession of images , and such a dance of words , it is in vain to expect except from Cowley . His strength ...
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