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Page 66
Cowley's Mistress has no power of seduce tion : - The plays round the head , but
reaches “ not the heart . ” Her beauty and absence , her kindness and cruelty ,
her disdain and inconstancy , produce no correspondence of emotion .
Cowley's Mistress has no power of seduce tion : - The plays round the head , but
reaches “ not the heart . ” Her beauty and absence , her kindness and cruelty ,
her disdain and inconstancy , produce no correspondence of emotion .
Page 136
... and produced his compositions with such applause as appears to have exalted
him in his own opinion , and confirmed him in the hope , that , by labour and
intense study , which , ” says he , “ I take to be my por- tion in this life , joined with
a ...
... and produced his compositions with such applause as appears to have exalted
him in his own opinion , and confirmed him in the hope , that , by labour and
intense study , which , ” says he , “ I take to be my por- tion in this life , joined with
a ...
Page 145
... may be sure at least , that Dr. Johnson had seen the book he speaks of ; for it is
entirely composed in English , though its title begins with two Latin words , “
Theatrum Poetarum ; or , A complete Collec" tion of the Poets , ' & c . a
circumstance ...
... may be sure at least , that Dr. Johnson had seen the book he speaks of ; for it is
entirely composed in English , though its title begins with two Latin words , “
Theatrum Poetarum ; or , A complete Collec" tion of the Poets , ' & c . a
circumstance ...
Page 223
This was the greatest benefac . tion that Paradise Lost ever procured the author's
descendents ; and to this he , who has now attempted to relate his Life , had the
honour of contributing a Prologue . IN the examination of Milton's poetical works ...
This was the greatest benefac . tion that Paradise Lost ever procured the author's
descendents ; and to this he , who has now attempted to relate his Life , had the
honour of contributing a Prologue . IN the examination of Milton's poetical works ...
Page 248
Milton's delight was to sport in the wide regions of poflibility ; reality was a scene
too narrow for his mind . He fent his faculties out upon discovery , into worlds
where only imagina* Algarotti terms it gigantesca sublimità Miltoniana . Dr. J. tion
...
Milton's delight was to sport in the wide regions of poflibility ; reality was a scene
too narrow for his mind . He fent his faculties out upon discovery , into worlds
where only imagina* Algarotti terms it gigantesca sublimità Miltoniana . Dr. J. tion
...
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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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