The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 1Methuen, 1896 |
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Pàgina xvi
... the notions in any other place ; yet he that reads them here persuades himself that he has always felt them . ' In the same way , the vocabulary of a poet must be formed upon the plan of embracing ' that which he who xvi INTRODUCTION TO.
... the notions in any other place ; yet he that reads them here persuades himself that he has always felt them . ' In the same way , the vocabulary of a poet must be formed upon the plan of embracing ' that which he who xvi INTRODUCTION TO.
Pàgina 27
... forming descriptions , they looked out not for images , but for conceits . Night has been a common subject , which poets have contended to adorn . Dryden's Night is well known ; Donne's is as follows : - - ' Thou seest me here at ...
... forming descriptions , they looked out not for images , but for conceits . Night has been a common subject , which poets have contended to adorn . Dryden's Night is well known ; Donne's is as follows : - - ' Thou seest me here at ...
Pàgina 32
... formed by nature for one kind of writing more than for another , his power seems to have been greatest in the familiar and the festive . The next class of his poems is called The Mistress , of which it is not necessary to select any ...
... formed by nature for one kind of writing more than for another , his power seems to have been greatest in the familiar and the festive . The next class of his poems is called The Mistress , of which it is not necessary to select any ...
Pàgina 37
... forming lie , Close in their sacred fecundine asleep . ' The same thought is more generally , and therefore more poetically , expressed by Casimir , a writer who has many of the beauties and faults of Cowley : : - ' Omnibus mundi ...
... forming lie , Close in their sacred fecundine asleep . ' The same thought is more generally , and therefore more poetically , expressed by Casimir , a writer who has many of the beauties and faults of Cowley : : - ' Omnibus mundi ...
Pàgina 44
... formed rather from the Odyssey than the Iliad ; and many artifices of diversification are employed , with the skill of a man acquainted with the best models . The past is recalled by narration , and the future anticipated by vision ...
... formed rather from the Odyssey than the Iliad ; and many artifices of diversification are employed , with the skill of a man acquainted with the best models . The past is recalled by narration , and the future anticipated by vision ...
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