LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 2
... kind , which requires no acquaintance with the living world , and therefore the time at which it was composed adds little to the wonders of Cowley's minority . In 1636 , he was removed to Cambridget , where he continued his studies with ...
... kind , which requires no acquaintance with the living world , and therefore the time at which it was composed adds little to the wonders of Cowley's minority . In 1636 , he was removed to Cambridget , where he continued his studies with ...
Page 11
... kind the metaphysical poets have seldom risen . Their thoughts are often new , but seldom natural ; they are not obvious , but neither are they just ; and the reader , far from wondering that he missed them , wonders more frequently by ...
... kind the metaphysical poets have seldom risen . Their thoughts are often new , but seldom natural ; they are not obvious , but neither are they just ; and the reader , far from wondering that he missed them , wonders more frequently by ...
Page 12
... kind of writing , which was , I believe , borrowed from Marino and his followers , had been recommended by the example of Donne , a man of a very extensive and various knowledge ; and by Jonson , whose manner resembled that of Donne ...
... kind of writing , which was , I believe , borrowed from Marino and his followers , had been recommended by the example of Donne , a man of a very extensive and various knowledge ; and by Jonson , whose manner resembled that of Donne ...
Page 25
... kind than any other of Cowley's works . The diction shews nothing of the mould of time , and the sentiments are at no great distance from our presesit habitudes of thought . Real mirth must be always natural , and nature is uniform ...
... kind than any other of Cowley's works . The diction shews nothing of the mould of time , and the sentiments are at no great distance from our presesit habitudes of thought . Real mirth must be always natural , and nature is uniform ...
Page 30
... kind of poesy fit for all manner of subjects . But he should have remem- bered , that what is fit for every thing ... kind of writing in verse , it can be adapted only to high and noble subjects ; and it will not be easy to ...
... kind of poesy fit for all manner of subjects . But he should have remem- bered , that what is fit for every thing ... kind of writing in verse , it can be adapted only to high and noble subjects ; and it will not be easy to ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acquaintance Addison Æneid afterwards appears beauties blank verse called censure character Charles Dryden composition considered Cowley criticism death delight diction Dryden duke Dunciad Earl elegance endeavoured English English poetry excellence faults favour friends genius honour Hudibras Iliad images imagination imitation kind King known labour Lady language Latin learning letter lines lived Lord lord Halifax mentioned Milton mind nature never night Night Thoughts NIHIL numbers observed occasion once opinion Paradise Lost passion performance perhaps Pindar play pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise present produced published Queen racter reader reason received remarks reputation rhyme satire Savage says seems sentiments shew shewn sometimes soon supposed Swift Syphax Tatler thing thought tion told tragedy translation Tyrannick Love Tyrconnel verses Virgil virtue Waller Whigs write written wrote Young