...freedom by the spirit of the sentiment. Th' adorning thee with so much ar Is but a barb'rous skilli 'Tis like the poisoning of a dart, Too apt before to kilL Cowley seems to have possessed the power of writing easily beyond any other of our poets, yet his pursuit...

...which you may perhaps recollect as quoted in the Spectator : Th' adorning thee with so much art Is but a barbarous skill ; 'Tis like the poisoning of a dart Too apt before to kill. Probably the greatest effort of Cowley in his own estimation was his " Pindaric Odes," a species of...

...lately came up to town, '° the following stanza from Cowley : Th' adorning thee with so much art Is but a barbarous skill; 'Tis like the poisoning of a dart Too apt before to kill. THE DEAD MEN OF PEST, A HUNGARIAN LECEWD. ARGUMENT. The following Tale is built upon one of the most...

...former, our elegant poet, Cowley, addresses these fine lines : " The' adorning thee with so much art Is but a barbarous skill ; 'Tis like the poisoning of a dart, Too apt before to kill." That is, (to express the matter in plain terms, without any colouring,) " You poison the beholder,...

...And make that beauty tyranny, That's else a civil government. The' adorning thee with so much art Is but a barbarous skill ; Tis like the poisoning of a dart Too apt before to kill. The ministering angels none can see ; Tis not their beauty' or face, For which by men they worshipp'd...

...jocosely greeted hira with the following stanza from Cowley : Th' adorning thee with so much art Is but a barbarous skill; "Tis like the poisoning of a dart Too apt before to kill. THE DEAD MEN OF PEST, A HUNGARIAN LEGEND. ARGUMENT. The following Tale is built upon one of the most...

...with the pretty verse of Sir John Suckling: Th' adorning thec with so much art, Is but a barb'rous skill ; 'Tis like the poisoning of a dart, Too apt before to kill. The identical thought appears in the following couplet, quoted by Mr. Ward (vol. ii. p. 402) from the...

...our elegant poet, Cowley, addresses those fine lines : — " The adorning thee with so much art Is but a barbarous skill ; Tis like the poisoning of a dart, Too apt before to fill." That is, (to express the matter in plain terms, without any colouring,) " you poison the beholder,...

...predicament addressing Mr. Walker in the language of Waller — ' The adorning them with so much art Is but a barbarous skill; 'Tis like the poisoning of a dart, Too apt before to kill.' « Mr. Walker has, however, a further defence, which is impregnable, in the fact that his Exercises...

...more pleasing form, those ornaments are quite needless : The' adorning thee with so much art Is but n barbarous skill ; 'Tis like the poisoning of a dart, Too apt before to kill. That is, to express ourselves in plain English, without any figure of poetry, it only tends to drag...