The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... , with him in joy to share . DONNE . Their thoughts and expressions were sometimes grossly absurd , and such as no figures or license can reconcile to the understanding . A Lover neither Dead nor Alive , Then down I 28 COWLEY .
... , with him in joy to share . DONNE . Their thoughts and expressions were sometimes grossly absurd , and such as no figures or license can reconcile to the understanding . A Lover neither Dead nor Alive , Then down I 28 COWLEY .
Page 31
... sometimes indelicate and disgusting . Cowley thus apostrophises beauty : Thou tyrant , which leav'st no man free ! Thou subtle thief , from whom nought safe can be ! Thou murtherer , which hast kill'd ; and devil , which would'st damn ...
... sometimes indelicate and disgusting . Cowley thus apostrophises beauty : Thou tyrant , which leav'st no man free ! Thou subtle thief , from whom nought safe can be ! Thou murtherer , which hast kill'd ; and devil , which would'st damn ...
Page 32
... sometimes raise horror , when they intend perhaps to be pathetic : As men in hell are from diseases free , So from all other ills am I , Free from their known formality : But all pains emfently lie in thee . COWLEY . They were not ...
... sometimes raise horror , when they intend perhaps to be pathetic : As men in hell are from diseases free , So from all other ills am I , Free from their known formality : But all pains emfently lie in thee . COWLEY . They were not ...
Page 40
... sometimes esteem as learned , and sometimes despise as trifling , always admire as in- genious , and always condemn as unnatural . The Pindaric Odes are now to be considered ; a 40 COWLEY .
... sometimes esteem as learned , and sometimes despise as trifling , always admire as in- genious , and always condemn as unnatural . The Pindaric Odes are now to be considered ; a 40 COWLEY .
Page 42
... sometimes extends his author's thoughts with- out improving them . In the Olympionic , an oath is mentioned in a single word , and Cowley spends three lines in swearing by the Castalian stream . We are told of Theron's bounty , with a ...
... sometimes extends his author's thoughts with- out improving them . In the Olympionic , an oath is mentioned in a single word , and Cowley spends three lines in swearing by the Castalian stream . We are told of Theron's bounty , with a ...
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