Lives of the English Poets, Waller, Milton, CowleyCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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Page 29
... labour of invention , and the tribute of dependence . Poets , indeed , profess fiction ; but the legitimate end of fiction is the conveyance of truth , and he that has flattery ready for all whom the vicissitudes of the world happen to ...
... labour of invention , and the tribute of dependence . Poets , indeed , profess fiction ; but the legitimate end of fiction is the conveyance of truth , and he that has flattery ready for all whom the vicissitudes of the world happen to ...
Page 43
... labour . Of these pretty compositions , neither the beauties nor the faults deserve much attention . The amorous verses have this to recommend them , that they are less hyper- bolical than those of some other poets . Waller is not ...
... labour . Of these pretty compositions , neither the beauties nor the faults deserve much attention . The amorous verses have this to recommend them , that they are less hyper- bolical than those of some other poets . Waller is not ...
Page 54
... labours bace ; Her little flocks to pasture would she guide , And milke her goates , and in their folds them place , Both cheese and butter could she make , and frame Her selfe to please the shepherd and his dame . 55 MILTON . THE life ...
... labours bace ; Her little flocks to pasture would she guide , And milke her goates , and in their folds them place , Both cheese and butter could she make , and frame Her selfe to please the shepherd and his dame . 55 MILTON . THE life ...
Page 61
... labour and intense study , which , " says he , " I take to be my portion in this life , joined with a strong propensity of nature , " he might " leave something so written to after - times , as they should not willingly let it die ...
... labour and intense study , which , " says he , " I take to be my portion in this life , joined with a strong propensity of nature , " he might " leave something so written to after - times , as they should not willingly let it die ...
Page 65
... digression as pedantic or paradoxical ; for , if I have Milton against me , I have Socrates on my side . It was his labour to turn philosophy Kv 12 from the study of Nature to speculations upon life ; C - 17 dige 65 MILTON . sund 1 ...
... digression as pedantic or paradoxical ; for , if I have Milton against me , I have Socrates on my side . It was his labour to turn philosophy Kv 12 from the study of Nature to speculations upon life ; C - 17 dige 65 MILTON . sund 1 ...
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