Lives of the English Poets, Waller, Milton, CowleyCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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Page 93
... light , and involutions of darkness , these transient and involuntary excursions and retro- cessions of invention , having some appearance of deviation from the common train of nature , are eagerly caught by the lovers of a wonder . Yet ...
... light , and involutions of darkness , these transient and involuntary excursions and retro- cessions of invention , having some appearance of deviation from the common train of nature , are eagerly caught by the lovers of a wonder . Yet ...
Page 102
... light brown , parted at the fore - top , and hung down upon his shoulders , ac- cording to the picture which he has given of Adam . He was , however , not of the heroic stature , but rather below the middle size , according to Mr ...
... light brown , parted at the fore - top , and hung down upon his shoulders , ac- cording to the picture which he has given of Adam . He was , however , not of the heroic stature , but rather below the middle size , according to Mr ...
Page 123
Samuel Johnson. sacred writings . The ancient epic poets , wanting the light of Revelation , were very unskilful teachers of virtue ; their principal characters may be great , but they are not amiable . The reader may rise from their ...
Samuel Johnson. sacred writings . The ancient epic poets , wanting the light of Revelation , were very unskilful teachers of virtue ; their principal characters may be great , but they are not amiable . The reader may rise from their ...
Page 152
... lights outshine . On Anacreon continuing a lover in his old age : Love was with thy life entwined , Close as heat with fire is join'd ; A powerful brand prescribed the date Of thine , like Meleager's fate . Th ' antiperistasis of age ...
... lights outshine . On Anacreon continuing a lover in his old age : Love was with thy life entwined , Close as heat with fire is join'd ; A powerful brand prescribed the date Of thine , like Meleager's fate . Th ' antiperistasis of age ...
Page 155
... lies a she sun , and a he moon here , She gives the best light to his sphere , Or each is both , and all , and so , They unto one another nothing owe . - Donne . Who but Donne would have thought that a good man COWLEY . 155.
... lies a she sun , and a he moon here , She gives the best light to his sphere , Or each is both , and all , and so , They unto one another nothing owe . - Donne . Who but Donne would have thought that a good man COWLEY . 155.
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