The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... effects ' upon the hearer , may be more rigorously and philosophi- Ically considered as a kind of discordia concors ... effect is sud- den astonishment , and the second rational admira- tion . Sublimity is produced by aggregation , and ...
... effects ' upon the hearer , may be more rigorously and philosophi- Ically considered as a kind of discordia concors ... effect is sud- den astonishment , and the second rational admira- tion . Sublimity is produced by aggregation , and ...
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... appear , Though every night the sun himself set there . COWLEY . The poetical Effect of a Lover's Name upon Glass . My name engrav'd herein Doth contribute my firmness to this glass ; Which , ever since that charm , hath been As 26 COWLEY .
... appear , Though every night the sun himself set there . COWLEY . The poetical Effect of a Lover's Name upon Glass . My name engrav'd herein Doth contribute my firmness to this glass ; Which , ever since that charm , hath been As 26 COWLEY .
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... effect : the whole system of life , while the theocracy was yet visible , has an appearance so different from all other scenes of human action , that the reader of the Sacred Volume habitually considers it as the peculiar mode of ...
... effect : the whole system of life , while the theocracy was yet visible , has an appearance so different from all other scenes of human action , that the reader of the Sacred Volume habitually considers it as the peculiar mode of ...
Page 52
... effects of idleness . As the Davideis affords only four books , though intended to consist of twelve , there is no opportu- nity for such criticism as epic poems commonly supply .. The plan of the whole work is very im- perfectly shewn ...
... effects of idleness . As the Davideis affords only four books , though intended to consist of twelve , there is no opportu- nity for such criticism as epic poems commonly supply .. The plan of the whole work is very im- perfectly shewn ...
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... effect , at least to our ears , will appear by a passage in which every reader will lament to see just and noble thoughts defrauded of their praise by inelegance of language : Where honour or where conscience does not bind , No other ...
... effect , at least to our ears , will appear by a passage in which every reader will lament to see just and noble thoughts defrauded of their praise by inelegance of language : Where honour or where conscience does not bind , No other ...
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Absalom and Achitophel Addison admiration afterwards ancient appears beauties better blank verse called Cato censure character Charles Dryden College compositions Comus considered Cowley criticism daugh death delight diction Dryden Duke Earl elegance English English poetry Euripides excellence fancy favour friends genius Georgics heroic honour Hudibras images imagination imitation John Dryden kind King knew known labour Lady language Latin learning lines Lord Lord Roscommon ment Milton mind nature never NIHIL numbers observed opinion Paradise Lost parliament passions performance perhaps Philips Pindar play pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope pounds praise preface produced published racters reader reason relates remarks rhyme satire says seems Sempronius sentiments shew shewn sometimes Sprat supposed Syphax Tatler thing thou thought tion told tragedy translation verses Virgil virtue Waller whig words write written wrote