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Page 60
... against Reason are no mean fpecimens of metaphyfi- cal poetry . The ftanzas against knowledge produce little conviction . In those which are intended to exalt the human faculties , Reafon has its proper task affigned it ; that of ...
... against Reason are no mean fpecimens of metaphyfi- cal poetry . The ftanzas against knowledge produce little conviction . In those which are intended to exalt the human faculties , Reafon has its proper task affigned it ; that of ...
Page 82
... against Æneas , he fixes the attention on its bulk and weight : Saxum circumfpicit ingens , Saxum antiquum , ingens , campo quod forte jacebat Limes agro pofitus , litem ut difcerneret arvis . Cowley fays of the ftone with which Cain ...
... against Æneas , he fixes the attention on its bulk and weight : Saxum circumfpicit ingens , Saxum antiquum , ingens , campo quod forte jacebat Limes agro pofitus , litem ut difcerneret arvis . Cowley fays of the ftone with which Cain ...
Page 112
... against peace in the clofe Committee " be excepted . For grave burlesque , however , his imitation of Davenant fhews him to have been well qualified . Of his more elevated occasional poems there is perhaps none that does not deserve com ...
... against peace in the clofe Committee " be excepted . For grave burlesque , however , his imitation of Davenant fhews him to have been well qualified . Of his more elevated occasional poems there is perhaps none that does not deserve com ...
Page 121
... against whom " Tydides nor Achilles could prevail , " Nor ten years conflict , nor a thousand fail . " He is not very careful to vary the ends of his verses : in one paffage the word die rhimes three couplets in fix . Most Most of these ...
... against whom " Tydides nor Achilles could prevail , " Nor ten years conflict , nor a thousand fail . " He is not very careful to vary the ends of his verses : in one paffage the word die rhimes three couplets in fix . Most Most of these ...
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... against the waste of time , and a certain pre- oblivion . fervation from t At Florence he could not indeed complain that his merit wanted diftinction . Carlo Dati prefented him with an encomiaftic in- fcription , in the tumid lapidary ...
... against the waste of time , and a certain pre- oblivion . fervation from t At Florence he could not indeed complain that his merit wanted diftinction . Carlo Dati prefented him with an encomiaftic in- fcription , in the tumid lapidary ...
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Æneid againſt almoſt Anacreon anſwered appears becauſe cenfured compofitions Comus confeffed confidered converfation Cowley deferve defign defire delight diſcovered Dryden eafily Earl elegance Engliſh expreffed expreffion fafe faid fame fatire fays fecond feems feldom fenfe fent fentiments fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon ftate ftill ftudies ftyle fubject fuch fufficiently fupply fuppofed fure greateſt Hiftory himſelf houfe houſe Hudibras itſelf King known laft laſt Latin learning leaſt lefs Lord Lord Conway mafter Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt neceffary never NIHIL numbers obfervation occafion paffage paffed paffion Paradife Loft parliament perfons perhaps Philips Pindar pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry praife praiſe prefent preferved profe publick publiſhed purpoſe raiſe reafon reprefented rhyme ſeems ſtudy thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought tion tranflation underſtanding univerfity uſe verfe verfification verſes Waller whofe whoſe write