“The” Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Volume 2Tauchnitz, 1858 - 429 pages |
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... telling them . In his amorous effusions he is less happy ; for they are not dictated by nature or by passion , and have neither gallantry nor tenderness . They have the coldness of Cowley , without his wit , the dull exercises of a ...
... telling them . In his amorous effusions he is less happy ; for they are not dictated by nature or by passion , and have neither gallantry nor tenderness . They have the coldness of Cowley , without his wit , the dull exercises of a ...
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... . The " Thief and Cordelier " is , I suppose generally considered as an original production ; with how much justice this epigram may tell , which was written by Georgis Sabi¬ 1 7 nus , a poet now little known or read 16 PRIOR .
... . The " Thief and Cordelier " is , I suppose generally considered as an original production ; with how much justice this epigram may tell , which was written by Georgis Sabi¬ 1 7 nus , a poet now little known or read 16 PRIOR .
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... tell ! Nothing but groans and sighs were heard around , And echo multiplied each mournful sound . In both these funeral poems , when he has yelled out many syllables of senseless dolour , he dismisses his reader with sense- less ...
... tell ! Nothing but groans and sighs were heard around , And echo multiplied each mournful sound . In both these funeral poems , when he has yelled out many syllables of senseless dolour , he dismisses his reader with sense- less ...
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... tell his own motives , for a nobler purpose , to engage poetry in the cause of virtue . I believe it is peculiar to him , that his first public work was an heroic poem . He was not known as a maker of verses till he published ( in 1695 ) ...
... tell his own motives , for a nobler purpose , to engage poetry in the cause of virtue . I believe it is peculiar to him , that his first public work was an heroic poem . He was not known as a maker of verses till he published ( in 1695 ) ...
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... tell it so well . He translates from Ovid the same epistle as Pope ; but I am afraid not with equal happiness . To examine his performances one by one would be tedious . His translation from Homer into blank verse will find few readers ...
... tell it so well . He translates from Ovid the same epistle as Pope ; but I am afraid not with equal happiness . To examine his performances one by one would be tedious . His translation from Homer into blank verse will find few readers ...
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