The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 41
... lost inventions of antiquity , and which he has made a bold and vigorous attempt to recover . The purpose with which he has paraphrased an Olympic and Nemean Ode is by himself sufficiently explained . His endeavour was , not to shew pre ...
... lost inventions of antiquity , and which he has made a bold and vigorous attempt to recover . The purpose with which he has paraphrased an Olympic and Nemean Ode is by himself sufficiently explained . His endeavour was , not to shew pre ...
Page 43
... lost , when the mind by the mention of particulars is turned more upon the original thán the secondary sense , more upon that from which the illustration is drawn than that to which it is applied . Of this we have a very eminent example ...
... lost , when the mind by the mention of particulars is turned more upon the original thán the secondary sense , more upon that from which the illustration is drawn than that to which it is applied . Of this we have a very eminent example ...
Page 53
... lost more instruction than delight . If the continuation of the Davideis can be missed , it is for the learning that had been diffused over it , and the notes in which it had been explained . Had not his characters been depraved like ...
... lost more instruction than delight . If the continuation of the Davideis can be missed , it is for the learning that had been diffused over it , and the notes in which it had been explained . Had not his characters been depraved like ...
Page 58
... lost ; for they are commonly harsh to modern ears . He has in- deed many noble lines , such as the feeble care of Waller never could produce . The bulk of his thoughts sometimes swelled his verse to unexpected and inevitable grandeur ...
... lost ; for they are commonly harsh to modern ears . He has in- deed many noble lines , such as the feeble care of Waller never could produce . The bulk of his thoughts sometimes swelled his verse to unexpected and inevitable grandeur ...
Page 64
... lost se- veral thousand pounds that had been left him . In 1642 , he published " The Sophy . " This seems to have given him his first hold of the public atten- tion ; for Waller remarked , " That he broke out like the Irish rebellion ...
... lost se- veral thousand pounds that had been left him . In 1642 , he published " The Sophy . " This seems to have given him his first hold of the public atten- tion ; for Waller remarked , " That he broke out like the Irish rebellion ...
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