The Lives of the English Poets |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 61
Page 6
... rhyme , instead of writing poetry they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so imperfect that they were only found to be verses by counting the ...
... rhyme , instead of writing poetry they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so imperfect that they were only found to be verses by counting the ...
Page 7
... rhyme , and volubility of syllables . In perusing the works of this race of authors , the mind is exercised either by recollection or His Miscellanies contain a collection of short | to weep. tions . As they were wholly employed on some ...
... rhyme , and volubility of syllables . In perusing the works of this race of authors , the mind is exercised either by recollection or His Miscellanies contain a collection of short | to weep. tions . As they were wholly employed on some ...
Page 14
... rhyming prose : But in this thankless world the giver Is envied even by the receiver ; ' Tis now the cheap and frugal fashion Rather to hide then own the obligation ; Nay , ' tis much worse than so ; It now an artifice does grow Wrongs ...
... rhyming prose : But in this thankless world the giver Is envied even by the receiver ; ' Tis now the cheap and frugal fashion Rather to hide then own the obligation ; Nay , ' tis much worse than so ; It now an artifice does grow Wrongs ...
Page 19
... rhymes are very often made by pronouns , or particles , or the like unimportant words , which disappoint the ear , and destroy the energy of the line . His combination of different measures is sometimes dissonant and unpleasing ; he ...
... rhymes are very often made by pronouns , or particles , or the like unimportant words , which disappoint the ear , and destroy the energy of the line . His combination of different measures is sometimes dissonant and unpleasing ; he ...
Page 23
... rhyme or blank verse . " Cooper's Hill , " if it be maliciously inspec- ted , will not be found without its faults ... rhymes are such as seem found with- to do DENHAM . 23.
... rhyme or blank verse . " Cooper's Hill , " if it be maliciously inspec- ted , will not be found without its faults ... rhymes are such as seem found with- to do DENHAM . 23.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Addison Æneid afterwards appears beauties blank verse called censure character Charles Dryden composition considered Cowley criticism death delight diction diligence Dryden Duke Dunciad Earl elegance endeavoured English English poetry Essay excellence faults favour friends genius Georgics honour Hudibras Iliad images imagination imitation kind King known labour Lady language Latin learning letter lines lived Lord Lord Halifax ment mentioned Milton mind nature never night Night Thoughts nihil numbers observed occasion once opinion panegyric Paradise Lost passage passion performance perhaps Pindar play pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise published Queen racter reader reason received remarks reputation rhyme satire Savage says seems sent sentiments sometimes supposed Swift Syphax Tatler thing thought tion told tragedy translation verses Virgil virtue Waller whigs write written wrote Young