Lives of the English Poets, Waller, Milton, CowleyCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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Page 33
... lines which he composed when " he , for age , could neither read nor write , " are not inferior to the effusions of his youth . Towards the decline of life he bought a small house , with a little land , at Coleshill ; and said " he ...
... lines which he composed when " he , for age , could neither read nor write , " are not inferior to the effusions of his youth . Towards the decline of life he bought a small house , with a little land , at Coleshill ; and said " he ...
Page 39
... line that did not contain some motive to virtue . " The characters by which Waller intended to distinguish . his writing are sprightliness and dignity ; in his smallest pieces , he endeavours to be gay ; in the larger to be great . Of ...
... line that did not contain some motive to virtue . " The characters by which Waller intended to distinguish . his writing are sprightliness and dignity ; in his smallest pieces , he endeavours to be gay ; in the larger to be great . Of ...
Page 40
... simile of the " palm " in the verses 66 on her passing through a crowd ; " and a line in a more serious poem on the Restoration , about vipers and treacle , which can only be understood by those who happen to know 40 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... simile of the " palm " in the verses 66 on her passing through a crowd ; " and a line in a more serious poem on the Restoration , about vipers and treacle , which can only be understood by those who happen to know 40 LIVES OF THE POETS .
Page 42
... casual flattery are sometimes elegant and happy , as that in return for the Silver Pen ; and some- times empty and trifling , as that upon the Card torn by the Queen . There are a few lines written in -42 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... casual flattery are sometimes elegant and happy , as that in return for the Silver Pen ; and some- times empty and trifling , as that upon the Card torn by the Queen . There are a few lines written in -42 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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Samuel Johnson. the Queen . There are a few lines written in the Duchess's Tasso , which he is said by Fenton to have kept a summer under correction . It happened to Waller , as to others , that his success was not always in proportion ...
Samuel Johnson. the Queen . There are a few lines written in the Duchess's Tasso , which he is said by Fenton to have kept a summer under correction . It happened to Waller , as to others , that his success was not always in proportion ...
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