Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Dent, 1925 - English poetry |
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Page 112
... English Poetry might be learned . After his diction , something must be said of his versification . The measure , he says , is the English heroic verse without rhyme . Of this mode he had many examples among the Italians , and some in ...
... English Poetry might be learned . After his diction , something must be said of his versification . The measure , he says , is the English heroic verse without rhyme . Of this mode he had many examples among the Italians , and some in ...
Page 231
... English literature is paid to him as he refined the language , improved the sentiments , and tuned the numbers of English poetry . After about half a century of forced thoughts , and rugged metre , some advances towards nature and ...
... English literature is paid to him as he refined the language , improved the sentiments , and tuned the numbers of English poetry . After about half a century of forced thoughts , and rugged metre , some advances towards nature and ...
Page 329
... poem on the Peace has the first place . He afterwards presented the collection to Boileau , who , from that time , " conceived , " says Tickell , " an opinion of the English genius for poetry . " Nothing is better known of Boileau ...
... poem on the Peace has the first place . He afterwards presented the collection to Boileau , who , from that time , " conceived , " says Tickell , " an opinion of the English genius for poetry . " Nothing is better known of Boileau ...
Contents
ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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