The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Cowley. Denham. Milton. Butler. Rochester. Roscommon. Otway. Waller. Pomfret. Dorset. Stepney. Philips. WalshC. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Davies, T. Payne, L. Davis, W. Owen, B. White, S. Crowder, T. Caslon, T. Longman, ... [and 24 others], 1781 - English poetry - 503 pages |
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... still , according to Sprat , with intention to diffemble the main design of " his coming over , " and , as Mr. Wood re- lates , " complying with the men then in 66 power ( which was much taken notice of " by the royal party ) , he ...
... still , according to Sprat , with intention to diffemble the main design of " his coming over , " and , as Mr. Wood re- lates , " complying with the men then in 66 power ( which was much taken notice of " by the royal party ) , he ...
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... still more perplexity applied to Love Five years ago ( fays , ftory ) I lov'd you , For which you call me most inconftant now ; Pardon me , madam , you mistake the man ; For I am not the fame that I was then ; No flesh is now the fame ...
... still more perplexity applied to Love Five years ago ( fays , ftory ) I lov'd you , For which you call me most inconftant now ; Pardon me , madam , you mistake the man ; For I am not the fame that I was then ; No flesh is now the fame ...
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... still , DONNE . As that which from chaf'd mufk - cat's pores doth trill , As the almighty balm of th ' early East , Such are the sweet drops of my mistress ' breast . And on her neck her skin such luftre fets , They seem no sweat drops ...
... still , DONNE . As that which from chaf'd mufk - cat's pores doth trill , As the almighty balm of th ' early East , Such are the sweet drops of my mistress ' breast . And on her neck her skin such luftre fets , They seem no sweat drops ...
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... still more ignoble epithets . A flaughter in the Red Sea , new dies the waters name ; and England , during the Civil War , was Aibion no more , nor to be named from white . It is furely by fome fascination not easily fur- mounted , that ...
... still more ignoble epithets . A flaughter in the Red Sea , new dies the waters name ; and England , during the Civil War , was Aibion no more , nor to be named from white . It is furely by fome fascination not easily fur- mounted , that ...
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... Still however it is the work of Cow- ley , of a mind capacious by nature , and re- plenished by study . In the general review of Cowley's poetry it will be found , that he wrote with abun- dant fertility , but negligent or unfkilful fe ...
... Still however it is the work of Cow- ley , of a mind capacious by nature , and re- plenished by study . In the general review of Cowley's poetry it will be found , that he wrote with abun- dant fertility , but negligent or unfkilful fe ...
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Page 115 - 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.
Page 54 - To move, but doth if th' other do. And, though it in the centre sit, Yet, when the other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like th
Page 32 - What they wanted however of the sublime, they endeavoured to supply by hyperbole; their amplification had no limits; they left not only reason but fancy behind them; and produced combinations of confused magnificence, that not only could not be credited, but could not be imagined.
Page 225 - We know that they never drove a field, and that they had no flocks to batten; and though it be allowed that the representation may be allegorical, the true meaning is so uncertain and remote, that it is never sought because it cannot be known when it is found.
Page 326 - It was my Lord Roscommon's Essay on Translated Verse ; which made me uneasy till I tried whether or no I was capable of following his rules, and of reducing the speculation into practice. For many a fair precept in Poetry is like a seeming demonstration in the Mathematics, very specious in the diagram, but failing in the mechanic operation.
Page 193 - However inferior to the heroes who were born in better ages, he might still be great among his contemporaries, with the hope of growing every day greater in the dwindle of posterity. He might still be a giant among the pygmies, the oneeyed monarch of the blind.
Page 231 - ... of the conduct of the two brothers, who, when their sister sinks with fatigue in a pathless wilderness, wander both away together in search of berries too far to find their way back, and leave a helpless Lady to all the sadness and danger of solitude.
Page 232 - Milton's morals as well as his poetry, the invitations to pleasure are so general, that they excite no distinct images of corrupt enjoyment, and take no dangerous hold on the fancy.
Page 147 - ... 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 27 - The metaphysical poets were men of learning, and to show their learning was their whole endeavour; but, unluckily resolving to show it in 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 syllables.