LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... Waller , Pomfret , Dorset , - 112 Pitt , - 113 Thomson , - 589 - 145 - 146 Watts , A. Philips , - 598 - 604 - Stepney , J. Philips , Walsh , - 149 West , -610 - 151 Collins , - 613 Dryden , - 161 - 163Shenstone , Dyer , - 617 - 619 ...
... Waller , Pomfret , Dorset , - 112 Pitt , - 113 Thomson , - 589 - 145 - 146 Watts , A. Philips , - 598 - 604 - Stepney , J. Philips , Walsh , - 149 West , -610 - 151 Collins , - 613 Dryden , - 161 - 163Shenstone , Dyer , - 617 - 619 ...
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... Waller , Denham , Cowley , Cleiveland , and Milton . Denham and Waller sought another way to fame , by improving the harmony of our numbers . Milton tried the metaphysick style only in his lines upon Hobson the Carrier . Cowley adopted ...
... Waller , Denham , Cowley , Cleiveland , and Milton . Denham and Waller sought another way to fame , by improving the harmony of our numbers . Milton tried the metaphysick style only in his lines upon Hobson the Carrier . Cowley adopted ...
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... Waller never could produce . The bulk of his thoughts sometimes swelled his verse to un- expected and inevitable grandeur ; but his excellence of this kind is merely fortuitous : ho sinks willingly down to his general carelessness , and ...
... Waller never could produce . The bulk of his thoughts sometimes swelled his verse to un- expected and inevitable grandeur ; but his excellence of this kind is merely fortuitous : ho sinks willingly down to his general carelessness , and ...
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... Waller remarked , " that he broke out , " like the Irish rebellion , threescore thousand strong when nobody was aware , " or in the least suspected it : " an observation which could have had no pro- priety , had his poetical abilities ...
... Waller remarked , " that he broke out , " like the Irish rebellion , threescore thousand strong when nobody was aware , " or in the least suspected it : " an observation which could have had no pro- priety , had his poetical abilities ...
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... Waller , " says Prior , " improved our versification , and Dryden perfected it . " He has given specimens of various composition , descriptive , Judicrous , didactick , and sublime . 46 He appears to have had , in common with almost all ...
... Waller , " says Prior , " improved our versification , and Dryden perfected it . " He has given specimens of various composition , descriptive , Judicrous , didactick , and sublime . 46 He appears to have had , in common with almost all ...
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