Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1926 - English poetry |
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... praise , there are , as there must be in all Cowley's compositions , some striking thoughts ; but they are not well wrought . His elegy on Sir Henry Wotton is vigorous and happy , the series of thoughts is easy and natural , and the con ...
... praise , there are , as there must be in all Cowley's compositions , some striking thoughts ; but they are not well wrought . His elegy on Sir Henry Wotton is vigorous and happy , the series of thoughts is easy and natural , and the con ...
Page 209
... praise of the Queen is too much exaggerated ; and the thought , that she saves lovers , by cutting off hope , as gangrenes are cured by lopping the limb , " presents nothing to the mind but disgust and horror . Of The Battle of the ...
... praise of the Queen is too much exaggerated ; and the thought , that she saves lovers , by cutting off hope , as gangrenes are cured by lopping the limb , " presents nothing to the mind but disgust and horror . Of The Battle of the ...
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... praise him early , and was followed or accompanied by other poets ; perhaps by almost all , except by Swift and Pope ; who forbore to flatter him in his life , and after his death spoke of him , Swift with slight censure , and Pope in ...
... praise him early , and was followed or accompanied by other poets ; perhaps by almost all , except by Swift and Pope ; who forbore to flatter him in his life , and after his death spoke of him , Swift with slight censure , and Pope in ...
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