The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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... images may entertain for a moment ; but , being unnatural , it soon grows wearisome . Cowley delighted in it , as much as if he had invented it ; but , not to mention the ancients , he might have found it full - blown in modern Italy ...
... images may entertain for a moment ; but , being unnatural , it soon grows wearisome . Cowley delighted in it , as much as if he had invented it ; but , not to mention the ancients , he might have found it full - blown in modern Italy ...
Page 36
... images , is best described with little diffusion of language : He spake the word , and they were made . We are told that Saul was troubled with an evil spirit ; from this , Cowley takes an opportunity of describing hell , and telling ...
... images , is best described with little diffusion of language : He spake the word , and they were made . We are told that Saul was troubled with an evil spirit ; from this , Cowley takes an opportunity of describing hell , and telling ...
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... images , and shews not what may be supposed to have been seen , but what thoughts the sight might have suggested . When Virgil describes the stone which Turnus lifted against Æneas , he fixes the attention on its bulk and weight : Saxum ...
... images , and shews not what may be supposed to have been seen , but what thoughts the sight might have suggested . When Virgil describes the stone which Turnus lifted against Æneas , he fixes the attention on its bulk and weight : Saxum ...
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... images , and Cowley sentiments . It happens , however , that Tasso's description affords some reason for Rymer's censure . He says of the Supreme Being , Hà sotto i piedi fato e la natura Ministri humili , e'l moto , e ch'il misura ...
... images , and Cowley sentiments . It happens , however , that Tasso's description affords some reason for Rymer's censure . He says of the Supreme Being , Hà sotto i piedi fato e la natura Ministri humili , e'l moto , e ch'il misura ...
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... images , and that light allusion to sacred things , by which readers far short of sanctity are frequently offended ; and which would not be borne in the present age , when devotion , perhaps not more fervent , is more delicate . Having ...
... images , and that light allusion to sacred things , by which readers far short of sanctity are frequently offended ; and which would not be borne in the present age , when devotion , perhaps not more fervent , is more delicate . Having ...
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