LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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Page 35
... never moved ; we are sometimes surprised , but never delighted , and find much to admire , but little to approve . Still however it is the work of Cowley , of a mind capacious by nature , and replenished by study . In the general review ...
... never moved ; we are sometimes surprised , but never delighted , and find much to admire , but little to approve . Still however it is the work of Cowley , of a mind capacious by nature , and replenished by study . In the general review ...
Page 68
... never happily flowed " but from the Autumnal Equinox to the Vernal ; and that whatever he at- tempted at other times was never to his satisfaction , though he courted his " fancy never so much ; so that , in all the years he was about ...
... never happily flowed " but from the Autumnal Equinox to the Vernal ; and that whatever he at- tempted at other times was never to his satisfaction , though he courted his " fancy never so much ; so that , in all the years he was about ...
Page 71
... never spared any asperity of reproach or brutality of insolence . But the charge itself seems to be false ; for it would be hard to recollect any reproach cast upon him , either serious or ludicrous , through the whole re- maining part ...
... never spared any asperity of reproach or brutality of insolence . But the charge itself seems to be false ; for it would be hard to recollect any reproach cast upon him , either serious or ludicrous , through the whole re- maining part ...
Page 73
... never be so read as to give pleasure , and very seldom so as to convey meaning . If few men would have had resolution to write books with such embarrassments , few likewise would have wanted ability to find some better expedient ...
... never be so read as to give pleasure , and very seldom so as to convey meaning . If few men would have had resolution to write books with such embarrassments , few likewise would have wanted ability to find some better expedient ...
Page 79
... never learned the art of doing little things with grace ; he overlooked the milder excellence of suavity and ... never drove a field , and that they had no flocks to batten ; and though it be allowed that the representation may be ...
... never learned the art of doing little things with grace ; he overlooked the milder excellence of suavity and ... never drove a field , and that they had no flocks to batten ; and though it be allowed that the representation may be ...
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