LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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Page 40
... poet ; because Virgil him- self filled up one broken line in the heat of recitation ; because in one the sense is ... poets to improve it . OF DEN HAM . F Sir JOHN DENHAM very little is known but what is related of him by Wood , or by ...
... poet ; because Virgil him- self filled up one broken line in the heat of recitation ; because in one the sense is ... poets to improve it . OF DEN HAM . F Sir JOHN DENHAM very little is known but what is related of him by Wood , or by ...
Page 47
... poet , and from whom is derived the only authentic ac- count of his domestic manners . John , the Poet , was born in his father's house , at the Spread - Eagle in Bread- street , Dec. 9 , 1608 , between six and seven in the morning ...
... poet , and from whom is derived the only authentic ac- count of his domestic manners . John , the Poet , was born in his father's house , at the Spread - Eagle in Bread- street , Dec. 9 , 1608 , between six and seven in the morning ...
Page 76
... poets he set most value upon Spenser , Shakspeare , and Cow- ley . Spenser was apparently his favourite : Shakspeare ... poet . His theological opinions are said to have been first Calvinistical ; and after- wards , perhaps when he began ...
... poets he set most value upon Spenser , Shakspeare , and Cow- ley . Spenser was apparently his favourite : Shakspeare ... poet . His theological opinions are said to have been first Calvinistical ; and after- wards , perhaps when he began ...
Page 83
... poet till he has attained the whole extension of his language , distinguished all the delicacies of phrase , and all the colours of words , and learned to adjust their different sounds to all the varieties of metrical modulation . Bossu ...
... poet till he has attained the whole extension of his language , distinguished all the delicacies of phrase , and all the colours of words , and learned to adjust their different sounds to all the varieties of metrical modulation . Bossu ...
Page 87
... poet has been very sparing of moral instruction . In Milton every line breathes sanctity of thought , and purity of manners , except when the train of the narration requires the introduction of the rebelli- ous spirits ; and even they ...
... poet has been very sparing of moral instruction . In Milton every line breathes sanctity of thought , and purity of manners , except when the train of the narration requires the introduction of the rebelli- ous spirits ; and even they ...
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