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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Page xii
... imagination . The fact is that poetry is capable of becoming too much a thing of fashion -to its own undoing . When ... imagination to the aid of reason ' ; and , if the definition be used with pliability , it may be made to cover a ...
... imagination . The fact is that poetry is capable of becoming too much a thing of fashion -to its own undoing . When ... imagination to the aid of reason ' ; and , if the definition be used with pliability , it may be made to cover a ...
Page 115
... imagination . The greatest of his juvenile performances is the Mask of Comus ; in which may very plainly be discovered the dawn or twilight of Paradise Lost . Milton appears to have formed very early that system of diction , and mode of ...
... imagination . The greatest of his juvenile performances is the Mask of Comus ; in which may very plainly be discovered the dawn or twilight of Paradise Lost . Milton appears to have formed very early that system of diction , and mode of ...
Page 160
... imagination had been more fruitful . It is ridiculous to oppose judgement to imagination ; for it does not appear that men have necessarily less of one as they have more of the other . We must allow of Roscommon , what Fenton has not ...
... imagination had been more fruitful . It is ridiculous to oppose judgement to imagination ; for it does not appear that men have necessarily less of one as they have more of the other . We must allow of Roscommon , what Fenton has not ...
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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