Lives of the English Poets: Abraham Cowley. Sir John Denham. John Milton. Samuel Butler. Earl of Rochester. Earl of Roscommon. Thomas Otway. Edmund Waller. John Dryden. John Pomfret. Earl of Dorset. George Stepney. John Philips. William Walsh. Edmund Smith. Richard Duke. William King. Thomas Sprat. Earl of Halifax. Thomas Parnell. Samuel Garth. Nicholas Rowe. Joseph Addison. John Hughes. John Sheffield, duke of Buckinghamshire. Matthew PriorOxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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Samuel Johnson. But Wit , abstracted from its effects upon the hearer , may be more rigorously and philosophically ... effect is sudden astonishment , and the second rational admiration . Sublimity is pro- duced by aggregation , and ...
Samuel Johnson. But Wit , abstracted from its effects upon the hearer , may be more rigorously and philosophically ... effect is sudden astonishment , and the second rational admiration . Sublimity is pro- duced by aggregation , and ...
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... effects produced by observing them were so happy , that I know not whether they were ever opposed but by Sir Edward ... effect : will is wanting to power , or power to will , or both are impeded by external obstructions . The exigences ...
... effects produced by observing them were so happy , that I know not whether they were ever opposed but by Sir Edward ... effect : will is wanting to power , or power to will , or both are impeded by external obstructions . The exigences ...
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... effect of diligence , and added facility to exactness . Rhyme has been so long banished from the theatre , that we know not its effect upon the passions of an audience ; but it has this convenience , that sentences stand more ...
... effect of diligence , and added facility to exactness . Rhyme has been so long banished from the theatre , that we know not its effect upon the passions of an audience ; but it has this convenience , that sentences stand more ...
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action Addison admiration afterwards appears beauties believe better called character common compositions considered continued Cowley criticism death delight desire Dryden Earl easily effect elegance English equal excellence expected expression favour formed friends genius give given hand hope images imagination imitation Italy kind King knowledge known labour language Latin learning least less lines lived lord lost manner means mention Milton mind nature never numbers observed occasion once opinion original passed performance perhaps play pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope praise present probably produced publick published reader reason received relates remarks rhyme says seems sent sentiments shew sometimes supply supposed tell thing thought tion told tragedy translation true verses Waller whole write written wrote