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CO W L E Y. TH HE Life of Cowley , notwithstanding the penury of English
biography , has been written by Dr. Sprat , an author whose pregnancy of
imagination and elegance of language have deservedly set him high in the ranks
of literature ...
CO W L E Y. TH HE Life of Cowley , notwithstanding the penury of English
biography , has been written by Dr. Sprat , an author whose pregnancy of
imagination and elegance of language have deservedly set him high in the ranks
of literature ...
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A memory adinitting some things , and rejecting others , an intellectual digestion
that concocted the pulp of learning , but refused the husks , had Ś had the
appearance of an instinctive elegance , of a 4 6 CO W L E Y. as she lived to the
age of ...
A memory adinitting some things , and rejecting others , an intellectual digestion
that concocted the pulp of learning , but refused the husks , had Ś had the
appearance of an instinctive elegance , of a 4 6 CO W L E Y. as she lived to the
age of ...
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had the appearance of an instinctive elegance , of a particular provision made by
Nature for literary politeness . ' But in the author's own honest relation , the marvel
vanishes : he was , he says , such “ an enemy “ to all constraint , that his ...
had the appearance of an instinctive elegance , of a particular provision made by
Nature for literary politeness . ' But in the author's own honest relation , the marvel
vanishes : he was , he says , such “ an enemy “ to all constraint , that his ...
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... the warmth of his loyalty , and the elegance of his conversation , that he gained
the kindness and confidence of those who attended the King , and amongst
others of Lord Falkland , whose notice cast a luftre on all to whom it was
extended .
... the warmth of his loyalty , and the elegance of his conversation , that he gained
the kindness and confidence of those who attended the King , and amongst
others of Lord Falkland , whose notice cast a luftre on all to whom it was
extended .
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on things than words , contribute no otherwise to his reputation than as they fhew
him to have been above the affectation of unseasonable elegance , and to have
known that the business of a statesman can be little forwarded by flowers of ...
on things than words , contribute no otherwise to his reputation than as they fhew
him to have been above the affectation of unseasonable elegance , and to have
known that the business of a statesman can be little forwarded by flowers of ...
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afterwards againſt appears beauties becauſe better called character common conſidered Cowley death delight deſign deſire Dryden Earl eaſily elegance Engliſh equal excellence expected firſt formed friends gave genius give given hand himſelf hope houſe images imagination Italy kind King knew knowledge known labour Lady language laſt learning leaſt leſs lines lived Lord manners mean mentioned Milton mind moſt muſt nature never numbers occaſion once opinion original performance perhaps perſon play pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry praiſe preſent probably produced publick publiſhed reader reaſon received remarks rhyme ſaid ſame ſays ſeems ſentiments ſhall ſhould ſome ſometimes ſtudy ſubject ſuch ſuppoſed theſe thing thoſe thought tion told tragedy tranſlation truth uſe verſes Waller whole whoſe write written wrote
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Page 98 - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Page 77 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
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Page 383 - Of him that knows much, it is natural to suppose that he has read with diligence ; yet I rather believe that the knowledge of Dryden was gleaned from accidental intelligence and various conversation, by a quick apprehension, a judicious selection, and a happy memory, a keen appetite of knowledge, and a powerful digestion...
Page 406 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : When Nature underneath a heap of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high. Arise ye more than dead. Then cold and hot, and moist and dry, In order to their stations leap, And music's power obey. From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in man.
Page 268 - Repentance, trembling in the presence of the Judge, is not at leisure for cadences and epithets. Supplication of man to man may diffuse itself through many topics of persuasion ; but supplication to God can only cry for mercy.
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Page 24 - The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together ; nature and art are ransacked for illustrations, comparisons, and allusions ; their learning instructs and their subtlety surprises ; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought, and, though he sometimes admires, is seldom pleased.
Page 126 - I have a particular occasion to remember; for whereas I had the perusal of it from the very beginning : for some years as I went from time to time to visit him , in a parcel of ten , twenty , or thirty verses at a time, which being written by whatever hand came next , might possibly want correction as to the orthography and pointing...
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| Title | The lives of the most eminent English poets Volume 2 of The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with His Life, and Notes on His Lives of the Poets, Sir Joshua Reynolds |
| Authors | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins |
| Illustrated by | Sir Joshua Reynolds, John Hall |
| Contributors | James Buckland, John Rivington, Charles Rivington, Francis Rivington, Thomas Payne, Lockyer Davis, Benjamin White, B. White and Son, T. Payne and Son |
| Publisher | J. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis, B. White and Son ... [and 36 others in London], 1787 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 20 Jun 2007 |
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