Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Dent, 1925 - English poetry |
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... numbers . At the same time were produced , from the same university , two great poets , Cowley and Milton , of dissimilar genius , of opposite principles , but concurring in the cultivation of Latin poetry , in which the English , till ...
... numbers . At the same time were produced , from the same university , two great poets , Cowley and Milton , of dissimilar genius , of opposite principles , but concurring in the cultivation of Latin poetry , in which the English , till ...
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... numbers , and to have supplied smoothness of transition and continuity of thought . It is urged by Dr. Sprat , that the irregularity of numbers is i the very thing which makes that kind of poesy fit for all manner of subjects . But he ...
... numbers , and to have supplied smoothness of transition and continuity of thought . It is urged by Dr. Sprat , that the irregularity of numbers is i the very thing which makes that kind of poesy fit for all manner of subjects . But he ...
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... numbers purposely neglected , except in a few places where the thoughts , by their native excellence , secure themselves from violation , being such as mean language cannot express . The mode of versification has been blamed by Dryden ...
... numbers purposely neglected , except in a few places where the thoughts , by their native excellence , secure themselves from violation , being such as mean language cannot express . The mode of versification has been blamed by Dryden ...
Contents
ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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