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 151
... performance , Nothing must be con- sidered as having not only a negative but a kind of positive signification ; as I need not fear thieves , I have nothing ; and nothing is a very powerful protector . In the first part of the sentence ...
... performance , Nothing must be con- sidered as having not only a negative but a kind of positive signification ; as I need not fear thieves , I have nothing ; and nothing is a very powerful protector . In the first part of the sentence ...
Page 196
... performance , which owes nothing to the subject . But compositions merely pretty have the fate of other pretty things , and are quitted in time for something useful : they are flowers fragrant and fair , but of short duration ; or they ...
... performance , which owes nothing to the subject . But compositions merely pretty have the fate of other pretty things , and are quitted in time for something useful : they are flowers fragrant and fair , but of short duration ; or they ...
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... performance ; his poem is the work of a man not blinded by the dust of learning : his images are not borrowed merely from books . The superiority which he confers upon his hero is not personal prowess , and mighty bone , but deliberate ...
... performance ; his poem is the work of a man not blinded by the dust of learning : his images are not borrowed merely from books . The superiority which he confers upon his hero is not personal prowess , and mighty bone , but deliberate ...
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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