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Page 32
These little pieces will be found more finished in their kind than any other of
Cowley's works. The diction shews nothing of the mould of time, and the
sentiments are at no great distance from our present habitudes of thought. Real
mirth must be ...
These little pieces will be found more finished in their kind than any other of
Cowley's works. The diction shews nothing of the mould of time, and the
sentiments are at no great distance from our present habitudes of thought. Real
mirth must be ...
Page 38
It is urged by Dr. Sprat, that the irregularity of numbers is the very thing which
makes that kind of poesy ft for all manner of subjects. But he should have
remembered, that what is fit for every thing can fit nothing well. The great
pleasure of verse ...
It is urged by Dr. Sprat, that the irregularity of numbers is the very thing which
makes that kind of poesy ft for all manner of subjects. But he should have
remembered, that what is fit for every thing can fit nothing well. The great
pleasure of verse ...
Page 313
This, however, is a compostion of great excellence in its kind, in which the
familiar is very properly diversified with the solemn, and the grave with the
humorous; in which metre has neither weakened the force, nor clouded the
perspicuity of ...
This, however, is a compostion of great excellence in its kind, in which the
familiar is very properly diversified with the solemn, and the grave with the
humorous; in which metre has neither weakened the force, nor clouded the
perspicuity of ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1961 |
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