Lectures on the English Comic WritersWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 222 oldal |
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25. oldal
... poetical ; because the truth they convey is a mere dry observation on human life , without elevation or enthusiasm , and the illustration of it is of that quaint and famil- iar kind that is merely curious and fanciful . Cowley is an in ...
... poetical ; because the truth they convey is a mere dry observation on human life , without elevation or enthusiasm , and the illustration of it is of that quaint and famil- iar kind that is merely curious and fanciful . Cowley is an in ...
57. oldal
... poetical genius . “ And though reclaim'd by modern lights From an erroneous taste , I cannot but lament thy splendid wit Entangled in the cobwebs of the schools . " Donne , who was considerably before Cowley , is without hs fancy , but ...
... poetical genius . “ And though reclaim'd by modern lights From an erroneous taste , I cannot but lament thy splendid wit Entangled in the cobwebs of the schools . " Donne , who was considerably before Cowley , is without hs fancy , but ...
60. oldal
... poetical privileges more sparingly . " To the pure all things are pure , " is a maxim which a man like Dr. Donne may be justified in applying to himself ; but he might have recollected that it could not be construed to extend to the ...
... poetical privileges more sparingly . " To the pure all things are pure , " is a maxim which a man like Dr. Donne may be justified in applying to himself ; but he might have recollected that it could not be construed to extend to the ...
65. oldal
... poetical language by some other obvious and palpable image , exhibiting the same kind or degree of excellence in other things , as when Gray compares him to the Theban eagle , " Sailing with supreme dominion Through the azure deep of ...
... poetical language by some other obvious and palpable image , exhibiting the same kind or degree of excellence in other things , as when Gray compares him to the Theban eagle , " Sailing with supreme dominion Through the azure deep of ...
76. oldal
... poetical fancy , and an eye for natural beauty ; but these are kept under or soon discarded , judiciously enough , but it should seem , not for lack of power , for they are certainly as masterly as they are rare . Such is the burlesque ...
... poetical fancy , and an eye for natural beauty ; but these are kept under or soon discarded , judiciously enough , but it should seem , not for lack of power , for they are certainly as masterly as they are rare . Such is the burlesque ...
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