Lives of the English Poets, Waller, Milton, CowleyCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... light productions , the chief source is gallantry , that attentive reverence of female excellence which has descended to us from the Gothic ages . As his poems are commonly occasional , and his addresses per-- sonal , he was not so ...
... light productions , the chief source is gallantry , that attentive reverence of female excellence which has descended to us from the Gothic ages . As his poems are commonly occasional , and his addresses per-- sonal , he was not so ...
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... light for seriousness . The versification is studied , the scenes are diligently displayed , and the images artfully amplified ; but as it ends neither in joy nor sorrow , it will scarcely be read a second time . The panegyric upon ...
... light for seriousness . The versification is studied , the scenes are diligently displayed , and the images artfully amplified ; but as it ends neither in joy nor sorrow , it will scarcely be read a second time . The panegyric upon ...
Page 47
... lights . The topics of devotion are few , and being few are universally known ; but , few as they are , they can be made no more ; they can receive no grace from novelty of sentiment , and very little from novelty of expression . Poetry ...
... lights . The topics of devotion are few , and being few are universally known ; but , few as they are , they can be made no more ; they can receive no grace from novelty of sentiment , and very little from novelty of expression . Poetry ...
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... light , and downe she laid 4 Her teares , her drinke ; her food , her sorrowings , This was her diet that vnhappie night ; But sleepe ( that sweet repose and quiet brings ) To ease the greefes of discontented wight , Spred forth his ...
... light , and downe she laid 4 Her teares , her drinke ; her food , her sorrowings , This was her diet that vnhappie night ; But sleepe ( that sweet repose and quiet brings ) To ease the greefes of discontented wight , Spred forth his ...
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... light , And seld or neuer strike the lower plaines ; So kings have cause to feare Bellonaes might , Not they whose sweat and toile their dinner gaines , Nor ever greedie soldier was entised By pouertie , neglected and despised . 10 . O ...
... light , And seld or neuer strike the lower plaines ; So kings have cause to feare Bellonaes might , Not they whose sweat and toile their dinner gaines , Nor ever greedie soldier was entised By pouertie , neglected and despised . 10 . O ...
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