Lives of the English Poets, Volum 1Dent, 1925 |
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Pàgina 107
... tion of heaven and hell we are surely interested , as we are all to reside hereafter either in the regions of horror or bliss . But these truths are too important to be new ; they have been taught to our infancy ; they have mingled with ...
... tion of heaven and hell we are surely interested , as we are all to reside hereafter either in the regions of horror or bliss . But these truths are too important to be new ; they have been taught to our infancy ; they have mingled with ...
Pàgina 119
... tion , and familiarised his mind by pertinacious meditations to trains of incredible events and scenes of impossible existence , goes out in the pride of knighthood to redress wrongs and defend virgins , to rescue captive princesses ...
... tion , and familiarised his mind by pertinacious meditations to trains of incredible events and scenes of impossible existence , goes out in the pride of knighthood to redress wrongs and defend virgins , to rescue captive princesses ...
Pàgina 334
... tion of short papers , which we read not as study , but amusement . If the subject be slight , the treatise is short . The busy may find time , and the idle may find patience . This mode of conveying cheap and easy knowledge began among ...
... tion of short papers , which we read not as study , but amusement . If the subject be slight , the treatise is short . The busy may find time , and the idle may find patience . This mode of conveying cheap and easy knowledge began among ...
Continguts
ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
No s’hi han mostrat 13 seccions
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Absalom and Achitophel Addison admiration Æneid afterwards appears beauties better blank verse called Cato censure character Charles College compositions considered Cowley criticism death delight diction diligence Dryden Duke Earl easily elegance endeavoured English English poetry excellence fancy faults favour friends genius Georgics honour Hudibras images imagination imitation John Dryden Johnson kind King known labour Lady language Latin learning lines lived Lord metaphysical poets Milton mind nature never NIHIL numbers observed occasion opinion Paradise Lost Parliament passions performance perhaps Pindar play pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope praise preface produced published reader reason relates remarks reputation rhyme Samuel Johnson satire says seems seldom Sempronius sent sentiments sometimes Sprat supposed Syphax Tatler Thomas Sprat thou thought told tragedy translation verses versification Virgil Waller Westminster Westminster Abbey Whig write written wrote