The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1858 - English poetry |
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Page 12
... kind the meta- physical poets have seldom risen . Their thoughts are often new , but seldom natural ; they are not obvious , but neither are they just ; and the reader , far from wondering that he missed them , wonders more frequently ...
... kind the meta- physical poets have seldom risen . Their thoughts are often new , but seldom natural ; they are not obvious , but neither are they just ; and the reader , far from wondering that he missed them , wonders more frequently ...
Page 14
... kind of writing , which was , I believe , borrowed from Marino and his followers , had been recommended by the example of Donne , a man of very extensive and various know- ledge ; and by Jonson , whose manner resembled that of Donne ...
... kind of writing , which was , I believe , borrowed from Marino and his followers , had been recommended by the example of Donne , a man of very extensive and various know- ledge ; and by Jonson , whose manner resembled that of Donne ...
Page 28
... kind than any other of Cowley's works . The diction shews nothing of the mould of time , and the sentiments are at no great distance from our present habitudes of thought . Real mirth must always be natural , and nature is uniform . Men ...
... kind than any other of Cowley's works . The diction shews nothing of the mould of time , and the sentiments are at no great distance from our present habitudes of thought . Real mirth must always be natural , and nature is uniform . Men ...
Page 29
... kind of writing more than for another , his power seems to have been greatest in the familiar and the festive . The next class of his poems is called The Mistress , of which it is not necessary to select any particular pieces for praise ...
... kind of writing more than for another , his power seems to have been greatest in the familiar and the festive . The next class of his poems is called The Mistress , of which it is not necessary to select any particular pieces for praise ...
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... kind of destiny , to the light and the familiar , or to conceits which require still more ignoble epithets . A slaughter in the Red Sea new dies the water's name ; and Eng- land , during the civil war , was Albion no more , nor to be ...
... kind of destiny , to the light and the familiar , or to conceits which require still more ignoble epithets . A slaughter in the Red Sea new dies the water's name ; and Eng- land , during the civil war , was Albion no more , nor to be ...
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