The lives of the English poetsLuke Hansard & Sons, 1810 |
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... MILTON , 84 BUTLER , 183 ROCHESTER , 201 ROSCOMMON , 211 OTWAY , 223 WALLER , 229 POMFRET , 285 DORSET , 237 STEPNEY , 291 J. PHILIPS , 294 WALSH , DRYDEN , 312 315 COW . COWL E Y. THE Life of Cowley , notwithstanding the ( vii )
... MILTON , 84 BUTLER , 183 ROCHESTER , 201 ROSCOMMON , 211 OTWAY , 223 WALLER , 229 POMFRET , 285 DORSET , 237 STEPNEY , 291 J. PHILIPS , 294 WALSH , DRYDEN , 312 315 COW . COWL E Y. THE Life of Cowley , notwithstanding the ( vii )
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... Waller sought another way to fame , by im- proving the harmony of our numbers . Milton tried the metaphysic style only in his lines upon Hobson the Carrier . Cowley adopted it , and excelled his predecessors , having as much sentiment ...
... Waller sought another way to fame , by im- proving the harmony of our numbers . Milton tried the metaphysic style only in his lines upon Hobson the Carrier . Cowley adopted it , and excelled his predecessors , having as much sentiment ...
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Samuel Johnson. many noble lines , such as the feeble care of Waller never could produce . The bulk of his thoughts sometimes swelled his verse to unexpected and in- evitable grandeur ; but his excellence of this kind is merely ...
Samuel Johnson. many noble lines , such as the feeble care of Waller never could produce . The bulk of his thoughts sometimes swelled his verse to unexpected and in- evitable grandeur ; but his excellence of this kind is merely ...
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... Waller remarked , " that he broke out " like the Irish rebellion , three - score thousand strong , " when nobody was aware , or in the least suspected " it ; " an observation which could have had no propriety , had his poetical ...
... Waller remarked , " that he broke out " like the Irish rebellion , three - score thousand strong , " when nobody was aware , or in the least suspected " it ; " an observation which could have had no propriety , had his poetical ...
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... Waller , " says Prior , " improved our versification , and Dry- " den perfected it . " He has given specimens of various compositions , descriptive , ludicrous , didac- tick , and sublime . He appears to have had , in common with almost ...
... Waller , " says Prior , " improved our versification , and Dry- " den perfected it . " He has given specimens of various compositions , descriptive , ludicrous , didac- tick , and sublime . He appears to have had , in common with almost ...
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