The Works of the English Poets: PrefacesH. Hughs, 1779 |
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Samuel Johnson. feveral books on Plants , of which the first and fecond difplay the qualities of Herbs , in elegiac verfe ; the third and fourth the beauties of Flowers in various measures ; and in the fifth and fixth , the uses of Trees ...
Samuel Johnson. feveral books on Plants , of which the first and fecond difplay the qualities of Herbs , in elegiac verfe ; the third and fourth the beauties of Flowers in various measures ; and in the fifth and fixth , the uses of Trees ...
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... their reach than the pathetick ; for they never attempted that comprehen- fion and expanfe of thought which at once fills the whole mind , and of which the the firft effect is fudden aftonishment , and the fecond 44 COWLEY .
... their reach than the pathetick ; for they never attempted that comprehen- fion and expanfe of thought which at once fills the whole mind , and of which the the firft effect is fudden aftonishment , and the fecond 44 COWLEY .
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Samuel Johnson. the firft effect is fudden aftonishment , and the fecond rational admiration . Sublimity is produced by aggregation , and littleness by difperfion . Great thoughts are always general , and confift in pofitions not limited ...
Samuel Johnson. the firft effect is fudden aftonishment , and the fecond rational admiration . Sublimity is produced by aggregation , and littleness by difperfion . Great thoughts are always general , and confift in pofitions not limited ...
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... fecond line has in it more of pe- dantry than perhaps can be found in any other ftanza of the poem . In the perufal of the Davideis , as of all Cowley's works , we find wit and learning unprofitably fquandered . Atten- tion has no ...
... fecond line has in it more of pe- dantry than perhaps can be found in any other ftanza of the poem . In the perufal of the Davideis , as of all Cowley's works , we find wit and learning unprofitably fquandered . Atten- tion has no ...
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... fecond book ; Down a precipice deep , down he cafts them all.- -And , And fell a - down his fhoulders with loofe care . " In the third , Brafs was his helmet , his boots brass , and o'er His breaft a thick plate of brass he wore . << In ...
... fecond book ; Down a precipice deep , down he cafts them all.- -And , And fell a - down his fhoulders with loofe care . " In the third , Brafs was his helmet , his boots brass , and o'er His breaft a thick plate of brass he wore . << In ...
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ABRAHAM COWLEY againſt Anacreon anſwer appear becauſe Clarendon compofitions conceits confeffed confidered converfation copacy Cowley Cowley's Cromwel Davideis defcription deferve defign defire delight diſcovered Donne doth Dryden eafily elegance Engliſh expreffion fafe faid fame fatire fays fcarce fecond feems feldom fent fentiments fhall fhew fhould filk fince fion firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon ftill ftudies fubject fuch fuffered fufficiently fupply fuppofed furely himſelf Hiſtory houfe king king's known lady laft laſt learning leaſt lefs lines loft lord lord Conway mafter meaſure mifs Milton mind moft moſt muſt nature never numbers obferved occafion paffage paffed paffion parliament perufal Petrarch Pindar pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poetical poetry poets praife praiſe prefent preferved profe publiſhed purpoſe racter reafon reft reprefented ſeem Sprat Taffo thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tion ufed uſed verfe verſes Waller whofe worfe write
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Halaman 4 - monly called Genius. The true Genius is a mind of large general powers, Accidentally determined to fome particular direction; The great painter of | the prefent age had the firft fondnefs ; -for his art excited by the perufal of / Richardfon's treatife. • By his mother's felicitation he was Admitted into
Halaman 3 - from Sprat's account, that he always acknowledged her care, and juftly paid the dues of filial gratitude. * In the window of his mother's apartment lay Spenfer's Fairy Queen ; in which he very early took delight to read, till, by feeling the charms of verfe, he became, as he relates,
Halaman 76 - It leans, and hearkens after it, And grows erect, as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who muft Like th' other foot, obliquely run. Thy firmnefs makes my
Halaman 96 - between God and the human foul, cannot be poetical. Man admitted to implore the merey of his Creator, and plead the merits of his Redeemer, is already in a higher ftate than poetry can confer. The eflence of poetry is invention; fuch invention as, by producing
Halaman 39 - blows; Your youth and beauty are this balm in you. But, you of learning and religion, And virtue and fuch ingredients, have made A mithridate, whofe operation Keeps off, or cures what can be done or faid. Though the following lines of Donne, on the laft night of the year, havefomething in them too
Halaman 78 - tis not to adorn and gild each part, That fhews more coft than art.. Jewels at nofe and lips but ill appear; Rather than all things wit, let none be there. Several lights will not be feen, If there be nothing
Halaman 111 - narrative, .and to repofe on its veracity with fuch humble confidence, as fupprefles curiofity. We go with the hiftorian as he goes, and flop with him when he flops. All amplification is frivolous and vain; all addition to that which is already fufficient for the purpofes of religion,
Halaman 24 - that were placed near. him, and then went with them out of the church, leaving the reft in folicitude and amazement. They immediately fent guards to proper places, and that night apprehended Tomkyns and Waller; having yet traced nothing but that letters had been intercepted, from which it appeared that the parliament and the
Halaman 31 - not limited by exceptions, and in defcriptions not defcending to minutenefs. It is with great propriety that Subtlety, which in its original import means exility of particles, is taken in its metaphorical meaning for nicety of diftinction. Thofe writers who