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.
Page 12
Samuel Johnson. If the Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be compared ( for May I hold to be superior to both ) , the advantage seems to lie on the side of Cowley . Milton is generally content to express the thoughts of the ancients ...
Samuel Johnson. If the Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be compared ( for May I hold to be superior to both ) , the advantage seems to lie on the side of Cowley . Milton is generally content to express the thoughts of the ancients ...
Page 36
... performance , Suckling could have brought the gaiety , but not the knowledge : Dryden could have supplied the knowledge , but not the . gaiety . The verses to Davenant , which are vigorously begun , and happily concluded , contain some ...
... performance , Suckling could have brought the gaiety , but not the knowledge : Dryden could have supplied the knowledge , but not the . gaiety . The verses to Davenant , which are vigorously begun , and happily concluded , contain some ...
Page 48
... performance of the work . Sacred History has been always read with sub- missive reverence , and an imagination overawed and controlled . We have been accustomed to ac- quiesce in the nakedness and simplicity of the au- thentic narrative ...
... performance of the work . Sacred History has been always read with sub- missive reverence , and an imagination overawed and controlled . We have been accustomed to ac- quiesce in the nakedness and simplicity of the au- thentic narrative ...
Page 64
... as to excite the common artifice by which envy degrades excellence . -A report was spread , that the performance was not his own , but that he had bought it of a vicar for forty pounds . The same attempt was made to 64 DENHAM ,
... as to excite the common artifice by which envy degrades excellence . -A report was spread , that the performance was not his own , but that he had bought it of a vicar for forty pounds . The same attempt was made to 64 DENHAM ,
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