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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... imitations borrowed from imitations , by traditional imagery , and hereditary similes , by readiness of rhyme , and volubility of syllables . In perusing the works of this race of authors , the mind is exercised either by recollection ...
... imitations borrowed from imitations , by traditional imagery , and hereditary similes , by readiness of rhyme , and volubility of syllables . In perusing the works of this race of authors , the mind is exercised either by recollection ...
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... imitation of the readers . It will be in the power of very few to imitate the duke of Marlborough ; we must be content with admiring his great qualities and actions , without hopes of following them . The private and social virtues are ...
... imitation of the readers . It will be in the power of very few to imitate the duke of Marlborough ; we must be content with admiring his great qualities and actions , without hopes of following them . The private and social virtues are ...
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... imitation of Shakespeare's style . In what he thought himself an imitator of Shake- speare , it is not easy to conceive . The numbers , the diction , the sentiments , and the conduct , every thing in which imitation can consist , are ...
... imitation of Shakespeare's style . In what he thought himself an imitator of Shake- speare , it is not easy to conceive . The numbers , the diction , the sentiments , and the conduct , every thing in which imitation can consist , are ...
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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