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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... knowledge ; Dryden could have supplied the knowledge , but not the gaiety . The verses to Davenant , which are vigorously begun , and happily concluded , contain some hints of criticism very justly conceived and happily expressed ...
... knowledge ; Dryden could have supplied the knowledge , but not the gaiety . The verses to Davenant , which are vigorously begun , and happily concluded , contain some hints of criticism very justly conceived and happily expressed ...
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... knowledge : nature gives in vain the power of combination , unless study and ob- servation supply materials to be combined . Butler's treasures of knowledge appear proportioned to his ex- pence : whatever topick employs his mind , he ...
... knowledge : nature gives in vain the power of combination , unless study and ob- servation supply materials to be combined . Butler's treasures of knowledge appear proportioned to his ex- pence : whatever topick employs his mind , he ...
Page 292
... knowledge , and sparkle with illustrations . There is scarcely any science or faculty that does not supply him with occasional images and lucky similitudes ; every page discovers a mind very widely acquainted both with art and nature ...
... knowledge , and sparkle with illustrations . There is scarcely any science or faculty that does not supply him with occasional images and lucky similitudes ; every page discovers a mind very widely acquainted both with art and nature ...
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