The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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Page 27
... expression , such varied simili- tude , such a succession of images , and such a dance of words , it is in vain to expect except from Cowley . His strength always appears in his agility ; his volatility is not the flutter of a light ...
... expression , such varied simili- tude , such a succession of images , and such a dance of words , it is in vain to expect except from Cowley . His strength always appears in his agility ; his volatility is not the flutter of a light ...
Page 29
... expression , and false in the other . Addison's representation is sufficiently indulgent : that confusion of images may entertain for a moment ; but , being unnatural , it soon grows wearisome . Cowley delighted in it , as much as if he ...
... expression , and false in the other . Addison's representation is sufficiently indulgent : that confusion of images may entertain for a moment ; but , being unnatural , it soon grows wearisome . Cowley delighted in it , as much as if he ...
Page 30
... expressions , nor much to his sentiments ; nothing was required of him , but not to write as Pindar would not have written . Of the Olympic Ode , the beginning is , I think , above the original in elegance , and the conclusion below it ...
... expressions , nor much to his sentiments ; nothing was required of him , but not to write as Pindar would not have written . Of the Olympic Ode , the beginning is , I think , above the original in elegance , and the conclusion below it ...
Page 38
... expressions have sometimes a degree of meanness that surpasses expectation : Nay , gentle guests , he cries , since now you're in , The story of your gallant friend begin . In a simile descriptive of the morning : As glimmering stars ...
... expressions have sometimes a degree of meanness that surpasses expectation : Nay , gentle guests , he cries , since now you're in , The story of your gallant friend begin . In a simile descriptive of the morning : As glimmering stars ...
Page 45
... expressing loose care , I cannot discover ; nor why the pine is taller in an Alexandrine than in ten syllables . But , not to defraud him of his due praise , he has given one example of representative versification , which perhaps no ...
... expressing loose care , I cannot discover ; nor why the pine is taller in an Alexandrine than in ten syllables . But , not to defraud him of his due praise , he has given one example of representative versification , which perhaps no ...
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