The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... pleasing has in different men produced actions of heroism , and effusions of wit ; but it seems as reasonable to appear the cham- pion as the poet of an " airy nothing , " and to quarrel as to write for what Cowley might have learned ...
... pleasing has in different men produced actions of heroism , and effusions of wit ; but it seems as reasonable to appear the cham- pion as the poet of an " airy nothing , " and to quarrel as to write for what Cowley might have learned ...
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... pleasing specimen of the familiar descending to the burlesque . His two metrical disquisitions for and against Reason , are no mean specimens of metaphysical poetry . The stanzas against knowledge produce little conviction . In those ...
... pleasing specimen of the familiar descending to the burlesque . His two metrical disquisitions for and against Reason , are no mean specimens of metaphysical poetry . The stanzas against knowledge produce little conviction . In those ...
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... pleasing , than a faithful , representation , having retained their spriteliness , but lost their simplicity . The Ana- creon of Cowley , like the Homer of Pope , has ad- mitted the decoration of some modern graces , by which he is ...
... pleasing , than a faithful , representation , having retained their spriteliness , but lost their simplicity . The Ana- creon of Cowley , like the Homer of Pope , has ad- mitted the decoration of some modern graces , by which he is ...
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... pleasing fashion , and they that could do nothing else , could write like Pindar . The rights of antiquity were invaded , and disorder tried to break into the Latin ; a poem on the Sheldonian Theatre , in which all kinds of verse are ...
... pleasing fashion , and they that could do nothing else , could write like Pindar . The rights of antiquity were invaded , and disorder tried to break into the Latin ; a poem on the Sheldonian Theatre , in which all kinds of verse are ...
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... pleasing , must please at once . The pleasures of the mind imply something sudden and unexpected ; that which elevates must always surprise . What is perceived by slow degrees may gratify us with consciousness of improvement , but will ...
... pleasing , must please at once . The pleasures of the mind imply something sudden and unexpected ; that which elevates must always surprise . What is perceived by slow degrees may gratify us with consciousness of improvement , but will ...
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