Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Dent, 1925 - English poetry |
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... Pindar spoke , but his [ way and ] manner of speaking . He was therefore not at all restrained to his expressions , nor much to his sentiments ; nothing was required of him , but not to write as Pindar would not have written . Of the ...
... Pindar spoke , but his [ way and ] manner of speaking . He was therefore not at all restrained to his expressions , nor much to his sentiments ; nothing was required of him , but not to write as Pindar would not have written . Of the ...
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... Pindar . In the following odes , where Cowley chooses his own subjects , he sometimes rises to dignity truly Pindaric ; and , if some de- ficiencies of language be forgiven , his strains are such as those of the Theban bard were to his ...
... Pindar . In the following odes , where Cowley chooses his own subjects , he sometimes rises to dignity truly Pindaric ; and , if some de- ficiencies of language be forgiven , his strains are such as those of the Theban bard were to his ...
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... Pindar's style ! Even those who cannot perhaps find in the Isthmian or Nemean songs what antiquity had disposed them to expect , will at least see that they are ill - represented by such puny poetry ; and all will determine that , if ...
... Pindar's style ! Even those who cannot perhaps find in the Isthmian or Nemean songs what antiquity had disposed them to expect , will at least see that they are ill - represented by such puny poetry ; and all will determine that , if ...
Contents
ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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