The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 32
... forming descriptions , they looked out , not for images , but for conceits . Night has been a com- mon subject , which poets have contended to adorn . Dryden's Night is well known ; Donne's is as fol- lows : Thou seest me here at ...
... forming descriptions , they looked out , not for images , but for conceits . Night has been a com- mon subject , which poets have contended to adorn . Dryden's Night is well known ; Donne's is as fol- lows : Thou seest me here at ...
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... formed by nature for one kind of writing more than for another , his power seems to have been greatest in the familiar and the festive . The next class of his poems is called The Mis- tress , of which it is not necessary to select any ...
... formed by nature for one kind of writing more than for another , his power seems to have been greatest in the familiar and the festive . The next class of his poems is called The Mis- tress , of which it is not necessary to select any ...
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... extent and the nice discriminations cannot be ascertained . The fable is plainly implex , formed rather from the Odyssey than the Iliad : and many artifices of diversifica- tion are employed , with the skill of a man 52 COWLEY .
... extent and the nice discriminations cannot be ascertained . The fable is plainly implex , formed rather from the Odyssey than the Iliad : and many artifices of diversifica- tion are employed , with the skill of a man 52 COWLEY .
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... formed of monosylla- bles ; but yet they are sometimes sweet and so- norous . He says of the Messiah , Round the whole earth his dreaded name shall sound , And reach to worlds that must not yet be found . In another place , of David ...
... formed of monosylla- bles ; but yet they are sometimes sweet and so- norous . He says of the Messiah , Round the whole earth his dreaded name shall sound , And reach to worlds that must not yet be found . In another place , of David ...
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... formed wonders ; and a formidable list is given of the authors , Greek and Latin , that were read in Aldersgate - street by youth between ten and fifteen or sixteen years of age . Those who tell or receive these stories should consider ...
... formed wonders ; and a formidable list is given of the authors , Greek and Latin , that were read in Aldersgate - street by youth between ten and fifteen or sixteen years of age . Those who tell or receive these stories should consider ...
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