The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. With Critical Observations on Their Works. By Samuel Johnson. A New Edition, Corrected ..Nichols and Son, 1801 |
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... writes with fo little detail , that fcarcely any thing is diftinctly known , but all is fhewn con- fufed and enlarged through the mift of panegyrick . ABRAHAM COWLEY was born in the one thousand fix hundred and eighteen . His fa- ther ...
... writes with fo little detail , that fcarcely any thing is diftinctly known , but all is fhewn con- fufed and enlarged through the mift of panegyrick . ABRAHAM COWLEY was born in the one thousand fix hundred and eighteen . His fa- ther ...
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... write for what Cowley might have learned from his mafter Pindar to call the dream of a fhadow . " It is furely not difficult , in the folitude of a col- lege , or in the buftle of the world , to find useful ftudies and ferious ...
... write for what Cowley might have learned from his mafter Pindar to call the dream of a fhadow . " It is furely not difficult , in the folitude of a col- lege , or in the buftle of the world , to find useful ftudies and ferious ...
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... write this in pain , and can fay no more : Verbum fapienti . " 11 " " He did not long enjoy the pleafure or fuffer ... writing when the feuds of the civil Now in the poffeffion of Mr. Clark , Alderman of London . Dr. J.-Mr. Clark was in ...
... write this in pain , and can fay no more : Verbum fapienti . " 11 " " He did not long enjoy the pleafure or fuffer ... writing when the feuds of the civil Now in the poffeffion of Mr. Clark , Alderman of London . Dr. J.-Mr. Clark was in ...
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... writing poetry they only wrote verfes , and very often fuch verfes as ftood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was fo imperfect , that they were only found to be verfes by counting the fyllables . If the ...
... writing poetry they only wrote verfes , and very often fuch verfes as ftood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was fo imperfect , that they were only found to be verfes by counting the fyllables . If the ...
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... write on their plan , it was at leaft neceffary to read and think . No man could be born a metaphyfical poet , nor affume the dignity of a writer , by defcriptions copied from de- fcriptions , by imitations borrowed from imitations , by ...
... write on their plan , it was at leaft neceffary to read and think . No man could be born a metaphyfical poet , nor affume the dignity of a writer , by defcriptions copied from de- fcriptions , by imitations borrowed from imitations , by ...
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Æneid afterwards appears becauſe caufe cenfured compofitions Comus confidered converfation Cowley death deferves defign defire delight difcovered Dryden eafily Earl elegance expreffions fafe faid fame fatire favour fays fecond fecure feems feldom fenfe fent fentiments feven fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon ftate ftill ftudy ftyle fubject fuch fufficiently fupplied fuppofed fure Hiftory himſelf houfe Hudibras images John Milton King known labour Lady laft Latin leaft learning leaſt lefs Lord meaſure Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary never NIHIL numbers obferved occafion paffage paffed paffion Paradife Loft parliament perfon perhaps perufal Philips Pindar pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry praife praiſe prefent preferved profe publick publiſhed purpoſe reader reafon reprefented rhyme Sprat thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought tion tranflation underſtanding univerfally uſed verfes Virgil Waller whofe worfe write written