LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... expressions sometimes raise horror , when they intend perhaps to be pathetic : As men in hell are from diseases free , So from all other ills am I , Free from their known formality : But all pains eminently lie in thee . COWLEY . THEY ...
... expressions sometimes raise horror , when they intend perhaps to be pathetic : As men in hell are from diseases free , So from all other ills am I , Free from their known formality : But all pains eminently lie in thee . COWLEY . THEY ...
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... expression , such varied similitude , 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 , but ...
... expression , such varied similitude , 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 , but ...
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... expression , and false in the other . Addison's repre- sentation is sufficiently indulgent . That confusion of images may entertain for a moment ; but being unnatural , it soon grows wearisome . Cowley de- lighted in it , as much as if ...
... expression , and false in the other . Addison's repre- sentation is sufficiently indulgent . That confusion of images may entertain for a moment ; but being unnatural , it soon grows wearisome . Cowley de- lighted in it , as much as if ...
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... 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 in ...
... 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 in ...
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... expressions have sometimes a degree of meanness that surpasses expectation : Nay , gentle guests , he cries , since now your ' 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 your ' re in , The story of your gallant friend begin . In a simile descriptive of the Morning : As glimmering stars ...
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