From Shakespeare to Pope: An Inquiry Into the Causes and Phenomena of the Rise of Classical Poetry in England, Volume 1 |
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... language was regarded as a great gain in elegance . It was supposed that to use one of these genteel tokens which passed for coin of poetic language brought the speaker closer to the grace of Latinity . It was thought that the old ...
... language was regarded as a great gain in elegance . It was supposed that to use one of these genteel tokens which passed for coin of poetic language brought the speaker closer to the grace of Latinity . It was thought that the old ...
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... language which our later knowledge can scarcely improve , to the main peculiarity of Waller's poetical style . " Rime , " he said , " has all the advantages of prose , besides its own . But the excellence and dignity of it were never ...
... language which our later knowledge can scarcely improve , to the main peculiarity of Waller's poetical style . " Rime , " he said , " has all the advantages of prose , besides its own . But the excellence and dignity of it were never ...
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... language which may seem florid to us , but which had the charm of novelty and reality to the gentlemen and ladies of James's court , among whom the verses were circulated in manuscript . I must be allowed to quote a few lines , as a ...
... language which may seem florid to us , but which had the charm of novelty and reality to the gentlemen and ladies of James's court , among whom the verses were circulated in manuscript . I must be allowed to quote a few lines , as a ...
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... language is stilted , but never vociferous ; it runs on a level , with none of the usual English ups and downs . Variety of action is subordinated to the illustration of character exactly in the French style . The question is , however ...
... language is stilted , but never vociferous ; it runs on a level , with none of the usual English ups and downs . Variety of action is subordinated to the illustration of character exactly in the French style . The question is , however ...
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... language ; and if Sir John Denham had been habitually lifted on this graceful and pure level of eloquence , most later poets , at all events those of his own order , might have addressed to him the same adroit compliment . But there ...
... language ; and if Sir John Denham had been habitually lifted on this graceful and pure level of eloquence , most later poets , at all events those of his own order , might have addressed to him the same adroit compliment . But there ...
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Page 239 - The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we when passions are no more. For then we know how vain it was to boast Of fleeting things, so certain to be lost. Clouds of affection from our younger eyes Conceal that emptiness which age descries. The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home.
Page 69 - Go, LOVELY rose ! Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young, And shuns to have her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts, where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died.
Page 215 - To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet when the other far doth roam, It leans, and hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like th...
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Page 104 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Page 173 - Elisha-like (but with a wish much less, More fit thy greatness, and my littleness) Lo here I beg (I whom thou once didst prove So humble to esteem, so good to love) Not that thy spirit might on me doubled be, I ask but half thy mighty spirit for me ; And when my muse soars with so strong a wing, 'Twill learn of things divine, and first of thee to sing.
Page 51 - Whereupon the King turned and said to the bishop of Winchester, "Well, my Lord, what say you?" "Sir," replied the bishop, "I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases." The King answered, "No put-offs, my Lord; answer me presently." "Then, Sir," said he, "I think it is lawful for you to take my brother Neale's money; for he offers it.
Page 299 - An Analysis of the Exposition of the Creed, written by the Right Rev. Father in God, JOHN PEARSON, DD, late Lord Bishop of Chester. Compiled for the use of the Students of Bishop's College, Calcutta, by WH MILL, DD late Regius Professor of Hebrew in the University of Cambridge.