The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 11
... till their works and May's poem appeared , seemed unable to contest the palm with any other of the lettered nations . By May's poem we are here to understand a If the Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be compared COWLEY 11.
... till their works and May's poem appeared , seemed unable to contest the palm with any other of the lettered nations . By May's poem we are here to understand a If the Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be compared COWLEY 11.
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... poets ; for they cannot be said to have imitated any thing : they neither copied na- ture nor life ; neither painted the forms of matter , nor represented the operations of intellect . Those however who deny them to be poets , allow ...
... poets ; for they cannot be said to have imitated any thing : they neither copied na- ture nor life ; neither painted the forms of matter , nor represented the operations of intellect . Those however who deny them to be poets , allow ...
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... poems , he has forgotten or neglected to name his heroes . In his poem on the death of Hervey , there is much praise , but little passion ; a very just and ample delineation of such virtues as a studious pri- vacy admits , and such ...
... poems , he has forgotten or neglected to name his heroes . In his poem on the death of Hervey , there is much praise , but little passion ; a very just and ample delineation of such virtues as a studious pri- vacy admits , and such ...
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... poem on the Sheldonian Theatre , in which all kinds of verse are shaken to gether , is unhappily inserted in the Muse Angli First published in quarto , 1669 , under the title of " Carmen Pindaricum in Theatrum Sheldonia- num in ...
... poem on the Sheldonian Theatre , in which all kinds of verse are shaken to gether , is unhappily inserted in the Muse Angli First published in quarto , 1669 , under the title of " Carmen Pindaricum in Theatrum Sheldonia- num in ...
Page 47
... poem which the author designed to have extended to twelve books , merely , as he makes no scruple of declaring , because the Eneid had that number : but he had leisure or perseverance only to write the third part . Epic poems have been ...
... poem which the author designed to have extended to twelve books , merely , as he makes no scruple of declaring , because the Eneid had that number : but he had leisure or perseverance only to write the third part . Epic poems have been ...
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