The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1B. Tauchnitz, 1858 - 402 pages |
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... he relates , irrecoverably a poet . Such are the accidents which , sometimes remembered , and perhaps sometimes forgotten , produce that Johnson's Lives . I. 1 particular designation of mind , and propensity for som certain COWLEY.
... he relates , irrecoverably a poet . Such are the accidents which , sometimes remembered , and perhaps sometimes forgotten , produce that Johnson's Lives . I. 1 particular designation of mind , and propensity for som certain COWLEY.
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... poet of an " airy nothing , " and to quarrel as to write for what Cowley might have learned from his master Pindar to call " the dream of a shadow . " It is surely not difficult , in the solitude of a college , or in the bustle of the ...
... poet of an " airy nothing , " and to quarrel as to write for what Cowley might have learned from his master Pindar to call " the dream of a shadow . " It is surely not difficult , in the solitude of a college , or in the bustle of the ...
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... poets : of whom , in a criticism on the works of Cowley , it is not improper to give some ac- count . The metaphysical poets were men of learning , and to shew their learning was their whole endeavour : but , unluckily re- solving to ...
... poets : of whom , in a criticism on the works of Cowley , it is not improper to give some ac- count . The metaphysical poets were men of learning , and to shew their learning was their whole endeavour : but , unluckily re- solving to ...
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... poet nor assume the dignity of a writer , by descriptions copied from descriptions , by imitations borrowed from imita- tions , by traditional imagery , and hereditary similes , by readiness of rhyme , and volubility of syllables . In ...
... poet nor assume the dignity of a writer , by descriptions copied from descriptions , by imitations borrowed from imita- tions , by traditional imagery , and hereditary similes , by readiness of rhyme , and volubility of syllables . In ...
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... poet ; but , that it may not want its due honour , Cleiveland has paralleled it with the Sun : The moderate value of our guiltless ore Makes no man atheist , and no woman whore ; Yet why should hallow'd vestal's sacred shrine Deserve ...
... poet ; but , that it may not want its due honour , Cleiveland has paralleled it with the Sun : The moderate value of our guiltless ore Makes no man atheist , and no woman whore ; Yet why should hallow'd vestal's sacred shrine Deserve ...
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