The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... fhew him to have been above the affectation of unfeasonable elegance , and to have known that the bufinefs of a ftatesman can be little forwarded by flowers of rhe- torick . One paffage , however , feems not unworthy of fome notice ...
... fhew him to have been above the affectation of unfeasonable elegance , and to have known that the bufinefs of a ftatesman can be little forwarded by flowers of rhe- torick . One paffage , however , feems not unworthy of fome notice ...
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... fhew his loy- alty at the hazard of his friend , but by his friend's permiffion . Of the verses on Oliver's death , in which Wood's narrative feems to imply fomething encomiaftick , there has been no appearance . There is a discourse ...
... fhew his loy- alty at the hazard of his friend , but by his friend's permiffion . Of the verses on Oliver's death , in which Wood's narrative feems to imply fomething encomiaftick , there has been no appearance . There is a discourse ...
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... fhew their learning was their whole endeavour : but , unluckily refolving to fhew it in rhyme , instead of writing poetry they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for ...
... fhew their learning was their whole endeavour : but , unluckily refolving to fhew it in rhyme , instead of writing poetry they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for ...
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... fhew'd me you . DONNE . Yet more abftrufe and profound is Donne's reflec- upon Man as a Microcofm : tion If men be worlds , there is in every one Something to answer in fome proportion ; All the world's riches and in good men , this ...
... fhew'd me you . DONNE . Yet more abftrufe and profound is Donne's reflec- upon Man as a Microcofm : tion If men be worlds , there is in every one Something to answer in fome proportion ; All the world's riches and in good men , this ...
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... fhew , And all with as much eafe might taken be , As the at first took me : For ne'er did light fo clear Among the waves appear , Though every night the fun himself fet there . COWLEY . The poetical effect of a lover's name upon glass ...
... fhew , And all with as much eafe might taken be , As the at first took me : For ne'er did light fo clear Among the waves appear , Though every night the fun himself fet there . COWLEY . The poetical effect of a lover's name upon glass ...
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