Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Dent, 1925 - English poetry |
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... thought , but was never before so well expressed , " they certainly never attained , nor ever sought it ; for they endeavoured to be singular in their thoughts , and were careless of their diction . But Pope's account of wit is ...
... thought , but was never before so well expressed , " they certainly never attained , nor ever sought it ; for they endeavoured to be singular in their thoughts , and were careless of their diction . But Pope's account of wit is ...
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... thoughts , but they are not well wrought . His elegy on Sir Henry Wotton is vigorous and happy , the series of ... thought sufficiently at ease that could attend to such minute- ness of physiology . But the power of Cowley is not ...
... thoughts , but they are not well wrought . His elegy on Sir Henry Wotton is vigorous and happy , the series of ... thought sufficiently at ease that could attend to such minute- ness of physiology . But the power of Cowley is not ...
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... thought a line superfluous when he first wrote it , or contracted his work till his ebullitions of invention had ... thought , and to be told that he thought wrong . The event of every experiment is foreseen , and therefore the ...
... thought a line superfluous when he first wrote it , or contracted his work till his ebullitions of invention had ... thought , and to be told that he thought wrong . The event of every experiment is foreseen , and therefore the ...
Contents
ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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Absalom and Achitophel Addison admiration Æneid afterwards appears beauties better blank verse called Cato censure character Charles College compositions considered Cowley criticism death delight diction diligence Dryden Duke Earl easily elegance endeavoured English English poetry excellence fancy faults favour friends genius Georgics honour Hudibras images imagination imitation John Dryden Johnson kind King known labour Lady language Latin learning lines lived Lord metaphysical poets Milton mind nature never NIHIL numbers observed occasion opinion Paradise Lost Parliament passions performance perhaps Pindar play pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope praise preface produced published reader reason relates remarks reputation rhyme Samuel Johnson satire says seems seldom Sempronius sent sentiments sometimes Sprat supposed Syphax Tatler Thomas Sprat thou thought told tragedy translation verses versification Virgil Waller Westminster Westminster Abbey Whig write written wrote