The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1858 - English poetry |
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Page 8
... poem appeared , seemed unable to contest the palm with any other of the lettered nations . If the Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be com- pared ( for May I hold to be superior to both ) , the advantage seems to lie on the side ...
... poem appeared , seemed unable to contest the palm with any other of the lettered nations . If the Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be com- pared ( for May I hold to be superior to both ) , the advantage seems to lie on the side ...
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... poets : of whom , in a criticism on the works of Cowley , it is not improper to give some ac- count . The metaphysical poets were men of learning , and to shew their learning was their whole endeavour : but , unluckily re- solving to ...
... poets : of whom , in a criticism on the works of Cowley , it is not improper to give some ac- count . The metaphysical poets were men of learning , and to shew their learning was their whole endeavour : but , unluckily re- solving to ...
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... poems , he has forgotten or neglected to name his heroes . In his poem on the death of Hervey , there is much praise , but little passion ; a very just and ample delineation of such virtues as a studious privacy admits , and such ...
... poems , he has forgotten or neglected to name his heroes . In his poem on the death of Hervey , there is much praise , but little passion ; a very just and ample delineation of such virtues as a studious privacy admits , and such ...
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... poem on the Sheldonian Theatre , in which all kinds of verse are shaken together , is unhappily inserted in the Musa Anglicana . Pindarism prevailed about half a century ; but at last died gradually away , and other imitations supply ...
... poem on the Sheldonian Theatre , in which all kinds of verse are shaken together , is unhappily inserted in the Musa Anglicana . Pindarism prevailed about half a century ; but at last died gradually away , and other imitations supply ...
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... poem which the author designed to have extended to twelve books , merely , as he makes no scruple of declaring , because the Æneid had that number : but he had leisure or perseverance only to write the third part . Epic poems have been ...
... poem which the author designed to have extended to twelve books , merely , as he makes no scruple of declaring , because the Æneid had that number : but he had leisure or perseverance only to write the third part . Epic poems have been ...
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