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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... expected from so great a man . ' What firmness they expected , or what weakness Cowley discovered , cannot be known . He that misses his end will never be as much pleased as he that attains it , even when he can impute no part of his ...
... expected from so great a man . ' What firmness they expected , or what weakness Cowley discovered , cannot be known . He that misses his end will never be as much pleased as he that attains it , even when he can impute no part of his ...
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... expected from it , may be doubted . The Italian academy seems to have obtained its end . The language was refined , and so fixed that it has changed but little . The French academy thought that they refined their language , and ...
... expected from it , may be doubted . The Italian academy seems to have obtained its end . The language was refined , and so fixed that it has changed but little . The French academy thought that they refined their language , and ...
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... expected to give the sense of Horace with great exactness , and to suppress no subtilty of sentiment for the difficulty of expressing it . This demand , however , his translation will not satisfy ; what he found obscure , I do not know ...
... expected to give the sense of Horace with great exactness , and to suppress no subtilty of sentiment for the difficulty of expressing it . This demand , however , his translation will not satisfy ; what he found obscure , I do not know ...
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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