The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen 6F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... poets , Cowley and Milton , of dissimilar genius , of opposite principles ; but con- curring in the cultivation of Latin Poetry , in which the English , till their works and May's Poem ap- peared * , seemed unable to contest the palm ...
... poets , Cowley and Milton , of dissimilar genius , of opposite principles ; but con- curring in the cultivation of Latin Poetry , in which the English , till their works and May's Poem ap- peared * , seemed unable to contest the palm ...
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... poets ; of whom , in a criticism on the works of Cowley , it is not improper to give some account . The metaphysical poets were men of learning , and to shew their learning was their whole endea - O vour : but , unluckily resolving to ...
... poets ; of whom , in a criticism on the works of Cowley , it is not improper to give some account . The metaphysical poets were men of learning , and to shew their learning was their whole endea - O vour : but , unluckily resolving to ...
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... poems , he has forgotten or neglected to name his heroes . In his poem on the death of Hervey , there is much praise , but little passion ; a very just and ample delineation of such virtues as a studious privacy ad- mits , and such ...
... poems , he has forgotten or neglected to name his heroes . In his poem on the death of Hervey , there is much praise , but little passion ; a very just and ample delineation of such virtues as a studious privacy ad- mits , and such ...
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... poem * on the Sheldonian Theatre , in which all kinds of verse are shaken together , is un- First published in quarto , 1669 , under the title of " Car- men Pindaricum in Theatrum Sheldonianum in solennibus mag- happily inserted in the ...
... poem * on the Sheldonian Theatre , in which all kinds of verse are shaken together , is un- First published in quarto , 1669 , under the title of " Car- men Pindaricum in Theatrum Sheldonianum in solennibus mag- happily inserted in the ...
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... poem which the author designed to have extended to twelve books , merely , as he makes no scruple of de- claring , because the Æneid had that number ; but he had leisure or perseverance only to write the third part . Epick poems have ...
... poem which the author designed to have extended to twelve books , merely , as he makes no scruple of de- claring , because the Æneid had that number ; but he had leisure or perseverance only to write the third part . Epick poems have ...
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