The Works of the English Poets, Volume 1J. Buckland, 1790 |
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... Donne in wit , but maintains that they furpass him in poetry . If Wit be well defcribed by Pope , as being , " that which has been often thought , but was " never before fo well expreffed , " they certainly never attained , nor ever ...
... Donne in wit , but maintains that they furpass him in poetry . If Wit be well defcribed by Pope , as being , " that which has been often thought , but was " never before fo well expreffed , " they certainly never attained , nor ever ...
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... Donne , a man of a very extenfive and various know- ledge ; and by Jonson , whofe manner resembled that of Donne more in the ruggedness of his lines than in the caft of his fentiments . When their reputation was high , they had ...
... Donne , a man of a very extenfive and various know- ledge ; and by Jonson , whofe manner resembled that of Donne more in the ruggedness of his lines than in the caft of his fentiments . When their reputation was high , they had ...
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... Donne fhews his medicinal knowledge in fome encomiaftick verfes : In every thing there naturally grows A Balfamum to keep it fresh and new , If ' twere not injur'd by extrinfique blows ; Your youth and beauty are this balm in you . But ...
... Donne fhews his medicinal knowledge in fome encomiaftick verfes : In every thing there naturally grows A Balfamum to keep it fresh and new , If ' twere not injur'd by extrinfique blows ; Your youth and beauty are this balm in you . But ...
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... DONNE .. Yet more abftrufe and profound is Donne's . reflection upon Man as a Microcosm : If men be worlds , there is in every one Something to answer in fome proportion All the world's riches : and in good men , this Virtue , our ...
... DONNE .. Yet more abftrufe and profound is Donne's . reflection upon Man as a Microcosm : If men be worlds , there is in every one Something to answer in fome proportion All the world's riches : and in good men , this Virtue , our ...
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... Donne has extended them into worlds . If the lines are not easily under- ftood , they may be read again : On a round ball A workman , that hath copies by , can lay An Europe , Afric , and an Afia , And quickly make that , which was ...
... Donne has extended them into worlds . If the lines are not easily under- ftood , they may be read again : On a round ball A workman , that hath copies by , can lay An Europe , Afric , and an Afia , And quickly make that , which was ...
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