The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... WALLER 108 POMFRET 246 DORSET 247 STEPNEY 250 J. PHILIPS 253 WALSH 268 DRYDEN 270 SMITH 399 DUKE 422 KING 423 SPRAT 428 HALIFAX 433 PARNELL 437 GARTH 441 Rowe 446 ADDISON 457 HUGHES 517 SHEFFIELD 529 COWLEY . THE Life of COWLEY ...
... WALLER 108 POMFRET 246 DORSET 247 STEPNEY 250 J. PHILIPS 253 WALSH 268 DRYDEN 270 SMITH 399 DUKE 422 KING 423 SPRAT 428 HALIFAX 433 PARNELL 437 GARTH 441 Rowe 446 ADDISON 457 HUGHES 517 SHEFFIELD 529 COWLEY . THE Life of COWLEY ...
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... Waller , Denham , Cowley , Cleiveland , and Milton . Denham and Waller sought another way to fame , by improving the harmony of our num bers . Milton tried the metaphysic style only in his lines upon Hobson the Carrier . Cowley adopted ...
... Waller , Denham , Cowley , Cleiveland , and Milton . Denham and Waller sought another way to fame , by improving the harmony of our num bers . Milton tried the metaphysic style only in his lines upon Hobson the Carrier . Cowley adopted ...
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... Waller never could produce . The bulk of his thoughts sometimes swelled his verse to unexpected and inevitable grandeur ; but his excellence of this kind is merely fortuitous : he sinks willingly down to his general carelessness , and ...
... Waller never could produce . The bulk of his thoughts sometimes swelled his verse to unexpected and inevitable grandeur ; but his excellence of this kind is merely fortuitous : he sinks willingly down to his general carelessness , and ...
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... Waller remarked , " That he broke out like the Irish rebellion , threescore thousand strong , when nobody was aware , or in the least suspect- ed it ; " an observation which could have had no propriety , had his poetical abilities been ...
... Waller remarked , " That he broke out like the Irish rebellion , threescore thousand strong , when nobody was aware , or in the least suspect- ed it ; " an observation which could have had no propriety , had his poetical abilities been ...
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... Waller , " says Prior , " improved our versification , and Dry . den perfected it . " He has given specimens of va rious composition , descriptive , ludicrous , didactic , and sublime . He appears to have had , in common with almost all ...
... Waller , " says Prior , " improved our versification , and Dry . den perfected it . " He has given specimens of va rious composition , descriptive , ludicrous , didactic , and sublime . He appears to have had , in common with almost all ...
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