Critical Essays on Some of the Poems of Several English Poets |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 17
Page 46
... because it cannot be • known when it is found , ' Cowley speaks of Hervey in propria perfona , Milton is pro tempore a rustick poet ; one therefore must naturally draw his images from the business of the study , and the other from the ...
... because it cannot be • known when it is found , ' Cowley speaks of Hervey in propria perfona , Milton is pro tempore a rustick poet ; one therefore must naturally draw his images from the business of the study , and the other from the ...
Page 49
... because a person who was wont to frequent them is deceased ; but not because a shepherdefs frowns on her lover , or a lady lofes her lap - dog . Milton , in the above quotation , has ufed this liberty to great advantage . Simplicity ...
... because a person who was wont to frequent them is deceased ; but not because a shepherdefs frowns on her lover , or a lady lofes her lap - dog . Milton , in the above quotation , has ufed this liberty to great advantage . Simplicity ...
Page 72
... his flocks , all is very well ; but if he is fuppofed to be crowned with them , as Pomona is with fruits , the metaphor is abfurd , because the literal literal circumftance is impoffible . Blush- ing Flora , in 72 CRITICAL ESSAYS .
... his flocks , all is very well ; but if he is fuppofed to be crowned with them , as Pomona is with fruits , the metaphor is abfurd , because the literal literal circumftance is impoffible . Blush- ing Flora , in 72 CRITICAL ESSAYS .
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
almoſt alſo Amwell beautiful becauſe circumftance circumſtances cloſe confequently couplet courſe criticiſm deceaſed defigned Denham deſcribed deſcription diſcover eaſy Eclogues Effay Elegy expreffed expreffion faid fame feems fentiment fhade fhall filent fimile fion firft firſt fituation foft fome foreft ftill ftream fublime fuch fuppofed furely fwain fwell GRONGAR HILL groves hill himſelf houſe idea inftance introduced itſelf Johnſon juſt laft landſcape laſt leaſt lefs lines Lycidas merit moſt Mufe Muſe muſt natural neral o'er obferved occafion paffage paſt perfon perhaps plain pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry poffeffed Pope praiſe preſent profpect racter reader reaſon repreſented reſpect rill ſay ſcarcely ſcene Scott ſecond ſeems ſeen ſenſe ſeveral ſhade ſhall ſhore ſhould ſky ſmiling ſome ſpeak ſpirit ſpread ſtanza ſtate ſtill ſubject ſuch ſuppoſed thefe theſe Thomſon thoſe thou thought tion uſe vales verfe verſe whofe whoſe Windfor wiſh