Lives of the English Poets, Waller, Milton, CowleyCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 24
Page 13
... tion , which he who flatters them never can approve . There are charms made only for distant admiration . No spectacle is nobler than a blaze . Of this wife , his biographers have recorded that she gave him five sons and eight daughters ...
... tion , which he who flatters them never can approve . There are charms made only for distant admiration . No spectacle is nobler than a blaze . Of this wife , his biographers have recorded that she gave him five sons and eight daughters ...
Page 14
... tion against Pulpit Law . " It always gratifies curiosity to trace a sentiment .. Waller has in his speech quoted Hooker in one passage ; and in another has copied him , without quoting . " Reli- gion , " says Waller , " ought to be the ...
... tion against Pulpit Law . " It always gratifies curiosity to trace a sentiment .. Waller has in his speech quoted Hooker in one passage ; and in another has copied him , without quoting . " Reli- gion , " says Waller , " ought to be the ...
Page 27
... tion . a 1- ze He repaid the Protector for his favours ( 1654 ) by the famous Panegyric , which has been always considered as the first of his poetical productions . His choice of encomiastic topics is very judicious ; for he considers ...
... tion . a 1- ze He repaid the Protector for his favours ( 1654 ) by the famous Panegyric , which has been always considered as the first of his poetical productions . His choice of encomiastic topics is very judicious ; for he considers ...
Page 33
... tion with the great could be remembered with delight . He related , that being present when the Duke of Bucking- ham talked profanely before King Charles , he said to him , " My lord , I am a great deal older than your grace and have ...
... tion with the great could be remembered with delight . He related , that being present when the Duke of Bucking- ham talked profanely before King Charles , he said to him , " My lord , I am a great deal older than your grace and have ...
Page 83
... many other authors , caught the love of publica- tion , he amused himself , as he could , with little produc- tions . He sent to the press ( 1658 ) a manuscript of 97 66 Raleigh , called " The Cabinet Council ; MILTON . 83.
... many other authors , caught the love of publica- tion , he amused himself , as he could , with little produc- tions . He sent to the press ( 1658 ) a manuscript of 97 66 Raleigh , called " The Cabinet Council ; MILTON . 83.
Common terms and phrases
Adam admiration afterwards Aldersgate Street Anacreon angels appears beauties Bishop blank verse booksellers Bunhill Fields called censured Chorus Church Clarendon commission of array Comus conceits confessed considered Cowley Cowley's Cromwell danger daughter Davideis death declared delight diction diligence Donne doth Dryden Earl EDMUND WALLER elegance endeavours English poets epic Epic Poetry Episcopacy excellence fancy favour fear friends genius Heaven honour hope human images imagination imitated Johnson justly king king's known labour Lady language Latin learning lines lived Lord Lord Conway metaphysical poets Milton mind nature never numbers opinion Panegyric Paradise Lost Paradise Regained Parliament perhaps perusal Philips Pindar pleasure poem poetical poetry pounds praise published reader reason regicides relates remarks rhyme Salmasius says seems sent sentiments sometimes Sprat supplied supposed tell thee things thou thought tion told truth verse versification virtue Waller write written