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Page 63
The Anacreontiques therefore of Cowley give now all the pleasure which they
ever gave . If he was formed by nature for one kind of writing more than for
another , his power seems to have been greatest in the familiar and the festive .
The next ...
The Anacreontiques therefore of Cowley give now all the pleasure which they
ever gave . If he was formed by nature for one kind of writing more than for
another , his power seems to have been greatest in the familiar and the festive .
The next ...
Page 95
The pleasures of the mind imply something sudden and unexpected ; that which
elevates must always surprise . ... but will never strike with the sense of pleasure ,
Of all this , Cowley appears to have been without knowledge , or without care .
The pleasures of the mind imply something sudden and unexpected ; that which
elevates must always surprise . ... but will never strike with the sense of pleasure ,
Of all this , Cowley appears to have been without knowledge , or without care .
Page 255
Pleasure and terrour are indeed the genuine sources of poetry ; but poetical
pleasure must be such as human imagination can at least conceive , and poetical
terrours such as human strength and fortitude may combat . The good and evil of
...
Pleasure and terrour are indeed the genuine sources of poetry ; but poetical
pleasure must be such as human imagination can at least conceive , and poetical
terrours such as human strength and fortitude may combat . The good and evil of
...
Page 288
The great source of pleasure is variety . Uniformity must tire at last , though it be
uniformity of excellence . We love to expect ; and , when expectation is
disappointed or gratified , we want to be again expecting . For this impatience of
the ...
The great source of pleasure is variety . Uniformity must tire at last , though it be
uniformity of excellence . We love to expect ; and , when expectation is
disappointed or gratified , we want to be again expecting . For this impatience of
the ...
Page 424
and tranquillity , without exclusion of intellectual pleasures . Perhaps no
composition in our language has been oftener perused than Pomfret's Cboice . In
his other poems there is an easy volubility ; the pleasure of smooth metre is
afforded to ...
and tranquillity , without exclusion of intellectual pleasures . Perhaps no
composition in our language has been oftener perused than Pomfret's Cboice . In
his other poems there is an easy volubility ; the pleasure of smooth metre is
afforded to ...
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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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