The lives of the most eminent English poetsJ. Buckland, 1787 |
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... Julius Cæfar , by Thomas May , an eminent poet and hiftorian , who flourished in the reigns of James and Charles I , and of whom a life is given in the Biographia Britannica . the the Mastership of the Savoy ; " but he loft 16 COWLEY .
... Julius Cæfar , by Thomas May , an eminent poet and hiftorian , who flourished in the reigns of James and Charles I , and of whom a life is given in the Biographia Britannica . the the Mastership of the Savoy ; " but he loft 16 COWLEY .
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... given rather a pleating than a faithful reprefen- tation , having retained their spriteliness , but lost their fimplicity . The Anacreon of Cowley , like the Homer of Pope , has admitted the decoration of some modern graces , by which ...
... given rather a pleating than a faithful reprefen- tation , having retained their spriteliness , but lost their fimplicity . The Anacreon of Cowley , like the Homer of Pope , has admitted the decoration of some modern graces , by which ...
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... given them . Language is the dress of thought : and as the nobleft mien , or moft graceful ac- tion , would be degraded and obfcured by a garb appro- priated to the grofs employments of rufticks or me- chanicks ; fo the most heroick ...
... given them . Language is the dress of thought : and as the nobleft mien , or moft graceful ac- tion , would be degraded and obfcured by a garb appro- priated to the grofs employments of rufticks or me- chanicks ; fo the most heroick ...
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... given not the fame num- bers , but the fame diction , to the gentle Anacreon and the tempeftuous Pindari His verfification feems to have had very little of his care ; and if what he thinks be true , that his numbers are unmusical only ...
... given not the fame num- bers , but the fame diction , to the gentle Anacreon and the tempeftuous Pindari His verfification feems to have had very little of his care ; and if what he thinks be true , that his numbers are unmusical only ...
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... given one example of reprefentative verfification , which perhaps no other English line can equal ; Begin , be bold , and venture to be wife , He who defers this work from day to day , Does on a river's bank expecting stay Till the ...
... given one example of reprefentative verfification , which perhaps no other English line can equal ; Begin , be bold , and venture to be wife , He who defers this work from day to day , Does on a river's bank expecting stay Till the ...
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