The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... kind , which requires no acquaintance with the living world , and there- fore the time at which it was composed adds little to the wonders of Cowley's minority . In 1636 , he was removed to Cambridge , where he continued his studies ...
... kind , which requires no acquaintance with the living world , and there- fore the time at which it was composed adds little to the wonders of Cowley's minority . In 1636 , he was removed to Cambridge , where he continued his studies ...
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... kind the metaphysi- cal poets have seldom risen . Their thoughts are often new , but seldom natural ; they are not ob vious , but neither are they just ; and the reader , far from wondering that he missed them , wonders more frequently ...
... kind the metaphysi- cal poets have seldom risen . Their thoughts are often new , but seldom natural ; they are not ob vious , but neither are they just ; and the reader , far from wondering that he missed them , wonders more frequently ...
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... kind of discordia concors ; a combination of dissimilar images , or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike . Of wit , thus defined , they have more than enough . The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by vio- lence ...
... kind of discordia concors ; a combination of dissimilar images , or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike . Of wit , thus defined , they have more than enough . The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by vio- lence ...
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... kind of writing , which was , I believe , bor- rowed from Marino and his followers , had been recommended by the example of Donne , a man of very extensive and various knowledge ; and by Jonson , whose manner resembled that of Donne ...
... kind of writing , which was , I believe , bor- rowed from Marino and his followers , had been recommended by the example of Donne , a man of very extensive and various knowledge ; and by Jonson , whose manner resembled that of Donne ...
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... kind than any other of Cowley's works . The diction shews nothing of the mould of time , and the sentiments are at no great distance from our present habitudes of thought . Real mirth must always be natural , and nature is uniform . Men ...
... kind than any other of Cowley's works . The diction shews nothing of the mould of time , and the sentiments are at no great distance from our present habitudes of thought . Real mirth must always be natural , and nature is uniform . Men ...
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