LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... Poets , Cowley and Milton , of dissimilar genius , of opposite principles ; but concurring in the ciltivation of Latin Poetry , in which the English , till their works and May's poem appeared , seemed unable to contest the palm , with ...
... Poets , Cowley and Milton , of dissimilar genius , of opposite principles ; but concurring in the ciltivation of Latin Poetry , in which the English , till their works and May's poem appeared , seemed unable to contest the palm , with ...
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... poetry ríx pentoxn ' , an imitative art , these writers will , without great wrong , lose their right to the name of poets , for they cannot be said to have imitated any thing ; they neither copied nature for life ; neither painted the ...
... poetry ríx pentoxn ' , an imitative art , these writers will , without great wrong , lose their right to the name of poets , for they cannot be said to have imitated any thing ; they neither copied nature for life ; neither painted the ...
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... poet , nor assume the dignity of a writer , by descriptions copied from descriptions , by imitations borrowed from ... poetry . Thus Cowley on Knowledge : The sacred tree midst the fair orchard grew ; The phoenix Truth did on it rest ...
... poet , nor assume the dignity of a writer , by descriptions copied from descriptions , by imitations borrowed from ... poetry . Thus Cowley on Knowledge : The sacred tree midst the fair orchard grew ; The phoenix Truth did on it rest ...
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... poetry ; all the boys and girls caught the pleasing fashion , and they that could do nothing else could write like Pindar . The rights of antiquity were invaded , and disorder tried to break into the Latin : a poem * on the Sheldonian ...
... poetry ; all the boys and girls caught the pleasing fashion , and they that could do nothing else could write like Pindar . The rights of antiquity were invaded , and disorder tried to break into the Latin : a poem * on the Sheldonian ...
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... poetry it will be found , that he wrote with abundant fertility , but negligent or unskilful selection ; with much ... poet . - He read much , and yet borrowed little . His character of writing was indeed not his own : he unhappily ...
... poetry it will be found , that he wrote with abundant fertility , but negligent or unskilful selection ; with much ... poet . - He read much , and yet borrowed little . His character of writing was indeed not his own : he unhappily ...
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