LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 100
Page 25
... called The Mistress , of which it is not necessary to select any particular pieces for praise or censure . They have all the same beauties and faults , and nearly in the same proportion . They are written with Dodsley's Collection of ...
... called The Mistress , of which it is not necessary to select any particular pieces for praise or censure . They have all the same beauties and faults , and nearly in the same proportion . They are written with Dodsley's Collection of ...
Page 27
... called a translation , it may be very properly consulted as a commentary . The spirit of Pindar is indeed not every where equally preserved . The following pretty lines are not such as his deep mouth was used to pour : Great Rhea's son ...
... called a translation , it may be very properly consulted as a commentary . The spirit of Pindar is indeed not every where equally preserved . The following pretty lines are not such as his deep mouth was used to pour : Great Rhea's son ...
Page 50
... called the Hay - wood Forest , or Haywood in Herefordshire , were benighted , and the lady for a short time lost : this accident being related to their father upon their arrival at his castle , Milton , at the request of his friend ...
... called the Hay - wood Forest , or Haywood in Herefordshire , were benighted , and the lady for a short time lost : this accident being related to their father upon their arrival at his castle , Milton , at the request of his friend ...
Page 58
... called Icon Basilike , which the Council of State , to whom he was now made Latin secretary , employed him to cen- sure , by inserting a prayer taken from Sidney's Arcadia , and imputing it to the King ; whom he charges , in his ...
... called Icon Basilike , which the Council of State , to whom he was now made Latin secretary , employed him to cen- sure , by inserting a prayer taken from Sidney's Arcadia , and imputing it to the King ; whom he charges , in his ...
Page 60
... called Apr logia pro Rege & Populo Anglicano , contra Johannis Polypragmatici ( alius Miltoni ) defensionem destructivam Regis & Populi . Of this the author was not known ; but Milton and his nephew Philips , under whose name he ...
... called Apr logia pro Rege & Populo Anglicano , contra Johannis Polypragmatici ( alius Miltoni ) defensionem destructivam Regis & Populi . Of this the author was not known ; but Milton and his nephew Philips , under whose name he ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acquaintance Addison Æneid afterwards appears beauties blank verse called censure character Charles Dryden composition considered Cowley criticism death delight diction Dryden duke Dunciad Earl elegance endeavoured English English poetry excellence faults favour friends genius honour Hudibras Iliad images imagination imitation kind King known labour Lady language Latin learning letter lines lived Lord lord Halifax mentioned Milton mind nature never night Night Thoughts NIHIL numbers observed occasion once opinion Paradise Lost passion performance perhaps Pindar play pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise present produced published Queen racter reader reason received remarks reputation rhyme satire Savage says seems sentiments shew shewn sometimes soon supposed Swift Syphax Tatler thing thought tion told tragedy translation Tyrannick Love Tyrconnel verses Virgil virtue Waller Whigs write written wrote Young