The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 37
... observed : the few decisions and re- marks , which his prefaces and his notes on the Davideis supply , were at that time accessions to English literature , and shew such skill as raises our wish for more examples . The lines from Jersey ...
... observed : the few decisions and re- marks , which his prefaces and his notes on the Davideis supply , were at that time accessions to English literature , and shew such skill as raises our wish for more examples . The lines from Jersey ...
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... observe , that whatever is said of the original new moon , her tender forehead and her horns , is superadded by his paraphrast , who has many other plays of words and fancy unsuit . able to the original , as- The table , free for ev'ry ...
... observe , that whatever is said of the original new moon , her tender forehead and her horns , is superadded by his paraphrast , who has many other plays of words and fancy unsuit . able to the original , as- The table , free for ev'ry ...
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... as that , out of the order and sound of them , the things themselves may be represented . This the Greeks were not so accu- rate as to bind themselves to : neither have our English poets observed it , for aught I can find 60 COWLEY .
... as that , out of the order and sound of them , the things themselves may be represented . This the Greeks were not so accu- rate as to bind themselves to : neither have our English poets observed it , for aught I can find 60 COWLEY .
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Samuel Johnson. English poets observed it , for aught I can find . The Latins ( qui Musas colunt severiores ) some- times did it ; and their prince , Virgil , always : in whom the examples are innumerable , and taken notice of by all ...
Samuel Johnson. English poets observed it , for aught I can find . The Latins ( qui Musas colunt severiores ) some- times did it ; and their prince , Virgil , always : in whom the examples are innumerable , and taken notice of by all ...
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... observed by Felton , in his Essay on the Classics , that Cowley was beloved by every muse that he courted ; and that he has rivalled . the ancients in every kind of poetry but tragedy . It may be affirmed , without any encomiastic fer ...
... observed by Felton , in his Essay on the Classics , that Cowley was beloved by every muse that he courted ; and that he has rivalled . the ancients in every kind of poetry but tragedy . It may be affirmed , without any encomiastic fer ...
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