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Page 53
IN forming descriptions , they looked out not for images , but for conceits . Night
has been a common subject , which poets have contended to adorn . Dryden's
Night is well known ; Donne's is as follows : Thou seeft me here at midnight , now
all ...
IN forming descriptions , they looked out not for images , but for conceits . Night
has been a common subject , which poets have contended to adorn . Dryden's
Night is well known ; Donne's is as follows : Thou seeft me here at midnight , now
all ...
Page 112
Denham 66 and Waller , ” says Prior , “ improved our “ versification , and Dryden
perfected it . ' He has given specimens of various composition , descriptive ,
ludicrous , didactick , and sublime . He appears to have had , in common with
almost ...
Denham 66 and Waller , ” says Prior , “ improved our “ versification , and Dryden
perfected it . ' He has given specimens of various composition , descriptive ,
ludicrous , didactick , and sublime . He appears to have had , in common with
almost ...
Page 197
Milton , being now cleared from all effects of his disloyalty , had nothing required
from him but the common duty of living in quiet , to be rewarded with the common
right of protection ; but this , which , when he sculked from the approach of his ...
Milton , being now cleared from all effects of his disloyalty , had nothing required
from him but the common duty of living in quiet , to be rewarded with the common
right of protection ; but this , which , when he sculked from the approach of his ...
Page 423
His Choice exhibits a system of life adapted to common notions , and equal to
common expectations ; such a state as affords plenty Ee 4 and and tranquillity ,
without exclusion of intellectual pleasures . Perhaps P 0 M F R E T. 423.
His Choice exhibits a system of life adapted to common notions , and equal to
common expectations ; such a state as affords plenty Ee 4 and and tranquillity ,
without exclusion of intellectual pleasures . Perhaps P 0 M F R E T. 423.
Page 449
... of a very unļike temper and genius . So that their fruitful mother , like the mother
of the gods , seems to have produced a numerous offspring , all of different
though unVOL . I. common Gg common faculties . Of the living , neither their
modesty ...
... of a very unļike temper and genius . So that their fruitful mother , like the mother
of the gods , seems to have produced a numerous offspring , all of different
though unVOL . I. common Gg common faculties . Of the living , neither their
modesty ...
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| Title | The Lives of the English Poets; and a criticism on their works, Volume 1 The Lives of the English Poets; and a criticism on their works, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1790 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2019 |
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