The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Cowley. Denham. Milton. Butler. Rochester. Roscommon. Otway. Waller. Pomfret. Dorset. Stepney. Philips. WalshC. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Davies, T. Payne, L. Davis, W. Owen, B. White, S. Crowder, T. Caslon, T. Longman, ... [and 24 others], 1781 - 503 páginas |
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His two metrical disquisitions for and against Reason , are ' no mean specimens
of metaphysical poetry . The stanzas against knowledge produce little conviction .
In those which are intended to exalt the human faculties , culties , Reason has ...
His two metrical disquisitions for and against Reason , are ' no mean specimens
of metaphysical poetry . The stanzas against knowledge produce little conviction .
In those which are intended to exalt the human faculties , culties , Reason has ...
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There are two reasons chiefly alleged against our church - government . “ First ,
Scripture , which , as some men “ think , points out another form . “ Second , The
abuses of the present su . periors . is “ For Scripture , I will not dispute it in “ this ...
There are two reasons chiefly alleged against our church - government . “ First ,
Scripture , which , as some men “ think , points out another form . “ Second , The
abuses of the present su . periors . is “ For Scripture , I will not dispute it in “ this ...
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ment against those who were gone upon pretence that they were not suffered to
de" liver their opinion freely in the house , “ which could not be believed , when
all “ men knew what liberty Mr. Waller took , “ and spoke every day with impunity ...
ment against those who were gone upon pretence that they were not suffered to
de" liver their opinion freely in the house , “ which could not be believed , when
all “ men knew what liberty Mr. Waller took , “ and spoke every day with impunity ...
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How far they proceeded does not appear ; the result of their enquiry , as Pym
declared , was , that within the walls for one that was for them , there were three
against them ; but that without the walls for one that was against them , there
were ...
How far they proceeded does not appear ; the result of their enquiry , as Pym
declared , was , that within the walls for one that was for them , there were three
against them ; but that without the walls for one that was against them , there
were ...
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... very “ rich wife in the city , against all the reso commendation and countenance
and authority of the Court , which was thoroughly “ engaged on the behalf of Mr.
Crofts ; and $ o which used to be successful in that age , against any oppofition .
... very “ rich wife in the city , against all the reso commendation and countenance
and authority of the Court , which was thoroughly “ engaged on the behalf of Mr.
Crofts ; and $ o which used to be successful in that age , against any oppofition .
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Página 115 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Página 54 - To move, but doth if th' other do. And, though it in the centre sit, Yet, when the other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like th
Página 32 - What they wanted however of the sublime, they endeavoured to supply by hyperbole; their amplification had no limits; they left not only reason but fancy behind them; and produced combinations of confused magnificence, that not only could not be credited, but could not be imagined.
Página 225 - We know that they never drove a field, and that they had no flocks to batten; and though it be allowed that the representation may be allegorical, the true meaning is so uncertain and remote, that it is never sought because it cannot be known when it is found.
Página 326 - It was my Lord Roscommon's Essay on Translated Verse ; which made me uneasy till I tried whether or no I was capable of following his rules, and of reducing the speculation into practice. For many a fair precept in Poetry is like a seeming demonstration in the Mathematics, very specious in the diagram, but failing in the mechanic operation.
Página 193 - However inferior to the heroes who were born in better ages, he might still be great among his contemporaries, with the hope of growing every day greater in the dwindle of posterity. He might still be a giant among the pygmies, the oneeyed monarch of the blind.
Página 231 - ... of the conduct of the two brothers, who, when their sister sinks with fatigue in a pathless wilderness, wander both away together in search of berries too far to find their way back, and leave a helpless Lady to all the sadness and danger of solitude.
Página 232 - Milton's morals as well as his poetry, the invitations to pleasure are so general, that they excite no distinct images of corrupt enjoyment, and take no dangerous hold on the fancy.
Página 147 - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Página 27 - The metaphysical poets were men of learning, and to show their learning was their whole endeavour; but, unluckily resolving to show 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 the modulation was so imperfect, that they were only found to be verses, by counting the syllables.
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| Título | The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Cowley. Denham. Milton. Butler. Rochester. Roscommon. Otway. Waller. Pomfret. Dorset. Stepney. Philips. Walsh Volumen1 de The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Samuel Johnson |
| Autor | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Davies, T. Payne, L. Davis, W. Owen, B. White, S. Crowder, T. Caslon, T. Longman, ... [and 24 others], 1781 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 3 Oct. 2007 |
| Largo | 503 páginas |
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