The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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Page 25
... readers to join with him in his preference of the two favourite odes , which he estimates in his raptures at the value of a kingdom . I will , however , venture to recommend Cowley's first piece , which ought to be inscribed To my Muse ...
... readers to join with him in his preference of the two favourite odes , which he estimates in his raptures at the value of a kingdom . I will , however , venture to recommend Cowley's first piece , which ought to be inscribed To my Muse ...
Page 28
... readers , and perhaps , if they would honestly declare their own per- ceptions , to far the greater part of those whom courtesy and ignorance are content to style the learned . These little pieces will be found more finished in their ...
... readers , and perhaps , if they would honestly declare their own per- ceptions , to far the greater part of those whom courtesy and ignorance are content to style the learned . These little pieces will be found more finished in their ...
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... reader is commonly surprised into some improvement . But , considered as the verses of a lover , no man that has ever loved will much commend them . They are neither courtly nor pathetic , have neither gallantry nor fondness . His ...
... reader is commonly surprised into some improvement . But , considered as the verses of a lover , no man that has ever loved will much commend them . They are neither courtly nor pathetic , have neither gallantry nor fondness . His ...
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... reader of less skill seem thrown together by chance , are concatenated without any abruption . Though the English Ode cannot be called a translation , it may be very properly consulted as a commentary . The spirit of Pindar is indeed ...
... reader of less skill seem thrown together by chance , are concatenated without any abruption . Though the English Ode cannot be called a translation , it may be very properly consulted as a commentary . The spirit of Pindar is indeed ...
Page 31
... reader must , in mere justice to Pindar , observe , that whatever is said of the original new moon , her tender forehead and her horns , is superadded by his para- phrast , who has many other plays of words and fancy unsuit- able to the ...
... reader must , in mere justice to Pindar , observe , that whatever is said of the original new moon , her tender forehead and her horns , is superadded by his para- phrast , who has many other plays of words and fancy unsuit- able to the ...
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