The lives of the English poets: in 2 vol, Volume 1Tauchnitz, 1858 - 402 pages |
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... less copiousness of sentiment . This kind of writing , which was , I believe , borrowed from Marino and his followers , had been recommended by the example of Donne , a man of very extensive and various know- ledge ; and by Jonson ...
... less copiousness of sentiment . This kind of writing , which was , I believe , borrowed from Marino and his followers , had been recommended by the example of Donne , a man of very extensive and various know- ledge ; and by Jonson ...
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... less , but are more diligent to adorn their thoughts . That a Mistress beloved is fairer in idea than in reality , is by Cowley thus expressed : Thou in my fancy dost much higher stand , Than woman can be plac'd by Nature's hand : And I ...
... less , but are more diligent to adorn their thoughts . That a Mistress beloved is fairer in idea than in reality , is by Cowley thus expressed : Thou in my fancy dost much higher stand , Than woman can be plac'd by Nature's hand : And I ...
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... less skill seem thrown together by chance , are concatenated without any abruption . Though the English Ode cannot be called a translation , it may be very properly consulted as a commentary . The spirit of Pindar is indeed not every ...
... less skill seem thrown together by chance , are concatenated without any abruption . Though the English Ode cannot be called a translation , it may be very properly consulted as a commentary . The spirit of Pindar is indeed not every ...
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... writ was all his own . This wide position requires less limitation , when it is affirmed of Cowley , than perhaps of any other poet . He read much , and yet borrowed little . - His character of writing was indeed not his own : 40 COWLEY .
... writ was all his own . This wide position requires less limitation , when it is affirmed of Cowley , than perhaps of any other poet . He read much , and yet borrowed little . - His character of writing was indeed not his own : 40 COWLEY .
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... less familiar than that of his slightest writings . He has given not the same numbers , but the same diction , to the gentle Anacreon and the tem- pestuous Pindar . His versification seems to have had very little of his care ; and if ...
... less familiar than that of his slightest writings . He has given not the same numbers , but the same diction , to the gentle Anacreon and the tem- pestuous Pindar . His versification seems to have had very little of his care ; and if ...
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