The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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Page 19
... appear , Though every night the sun himself set there . The poetical Effect of a Lover's name upon Glass . My name ... appears . He sees thee gentle , fair , and gay , And trusts the faithless April of thy May . DONNE . COWLEY . Upon a ...
... appear , Though every night the sun himself set there . The poetical Effect of a Lover's name upon Glass . My name ... appears . He sees thee gentle , fair , and gay , And trusts the faithless April of thy May . DONNE . COWLEY . Upon a ...
Page 26
... appear Rather than all things wit , let none be there . Several lights will not be seen , If there be nothing else between . Men doubt , because they stand so thick i ' th ' sky , If those be stars which paint the galaxy . In his verses ...
... appear Rather than all things wit , let none be there . Several lights will not be seen , If there be nothing else between . Men doubt , because they stand so thick i ' th ' sky , If those be stars which paint the galaxy . In his verses ...
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... appears in his agility ; his volatility is not the flutter of a light , but the bound of an elastic , mind . His levity never leaves his learning behind it ; the moralist , the politician , and the critic , mingle their influence even ...
... appears in his agility ; his volatility is not the flutter of a light , but the bound of an elastic , mind . His levity never leaves his learning behind it ; the moralist , the politician , and the critic , mingle their influence even ...
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... appears in books , nor emerges in conversation . By the Spectator it has been once quoted ; by Rymer it has once been praised ; and by Dryden , in " Mack Flecknoe , " it has once been imitated ; nor do Í recollect much other notice from ...
... appears in books , nor emerges in conversation . By the Spectator it has been once quoted ; by Rymer it has once been praised ; and by Dryden , in " Mack Flecknoe , " it has once been imitated ; nor do Í recollect much other notice from ...
Page 42
... appears to have been his purpose ; and from Donne he may have learned that familiarity with religious images , and that light allusion to sacred things , by which readers far short of sanctity are frequently offended ; and which would ...
... appears to have been his purpose ; and from Donne he may have learned that familiarity with religious images , and that light allusion to sacred things , by which readers far short of sanctity are frequently offended ; and which would ...
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