The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 48
... formation of the person that enjoys it , and is Nature's gift , but diversified by various specific characters and limitations , as its active fire is blended and allayed by different proportions of phlegm , or reduced and regulated by ...
... formation of the person that enjoys it , and is Nature's gift , but diversified by various specific characters and limitations , as its active fire is blended and allayed by different proportions of phlegm , or reduced and regulated by ...
Page 55
... formed a magnificent design , he was care- less of particular and subordinate elegances ; he studied no niceties of versification , he waited for no felicities of fancy , but caught his first thoughts in the first words in which they ...
... formed a magnificent design , he was care- less of particular and subordinate elegances ; he studied no niceties of versification , he waited for no felicities of fancy , but caught his first thoughts in the first words in which they ...
Page 68
... formed between them which lasted to their separation by death , without any known abatement on either part . Gay was the general favourite of the whole association of wits ; but they regarded him as a play - fellow ra- ther than a ...
... formed between them which lasted to their separation by death , without any known abatement on either part . Gay was the general favourite of the whole association of wits ; but they regarded him as a play - fellow ra- ther than a ...
Page 76
... formed any distinct or settled notion . Phædrus evidently confounds them with tales ; and Gay both with tales and al legorical prosopopcias . A fable or apologue , such as is now under consideration , seems to be , in its genuine state ...
... formed any distinct or settled notion . Phædrus evidently confounds them with tales ; and Gay both with tales and al legorical prosopopcias . A fable or apologue , such as is now under consideration , seems to be , in its genuine state ...
Page 89
... formed his poetical character , was supposed to be Pindaric . Having fixed his atten- tion on Cowley as a model , he has attempted in some sort to rival him , and has written a Hymn to Darkness , " evidently as a counterpart to Cow ...
... formed his poetical character , was supposed to be Pindaric . Having fixed his atten- tion on Cowley as a model , he has attempted in some sort to rival him , and has written a Hymn to Darkness , " evidently as a counterpart to Cow ...
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