 | Hugh Blair - 1807 - 402 страници
...verse of Milton, or of any other poet, tlian the rhymes of Prior are the rhymes of Cowley. Hit number*, his pauses, his diction, are of his own growth, without...always as a man of genius. He looks round on nature and life, with the eye which nature bestows nniy on a. poet ; the eye that distinguishes in every thing... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1809 - 400 страници
...RhjmeB of Cowley. His numbers, his paufes, his diction, " areof his own growth, without tranfcription, without imitation. • " He thinks in a peculiar train,...as a man " of genius. He looks round on nature and life, with the eye " which nature beftows only on a Poet; the eye that diftinguimes *' in every thing... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 464 страници
...the highest kind ; his mode of thinking, and of expressing his thoughts, is original. His blank verse is no more the blank verse of Milton, or of any other...round on nature and on life with the eye which nature bestows only on a poet ; the eye that distinguishes, in every thing presented to its view, whatever... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 страници
...the blank verse of Milton, or of any other poet, than the rhymes of Prior are the rhymes ofCowley. His numbers, his pauses, his diction, are of his own...round on Nature and on Life with the eye which Nature beitows only on a poet; the eye that distinguishes, in every thing presented to its view, whatever... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 страници
...the highest kind: his mode of thinking, and of expressing his thoughts, is original. His blank verse is no more the blank verse of Milton, or of any other...diction, are of his own growth, without transcription, with- mi imitation. He thinks in a peculiar train, and he thinks always as a man of genius; he looks... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 страници
...the rhymes of Prior are tbe rhymes of Cowley. • His numbers, his pauses, his diction, are of hisown growth, without transcription, without imitation....round on Nature and on Life with the eye which Nature bestows only on a poet ; the eye that distinguishes, in every thing presented to its view, whatever... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 366 страници
...the highest kind : his mode of thinking, and of expressing his thoughts, is original. His blank verse is no more the blank verse of Milton, or of any other...round on nature and on life with the eye which nature bestows only on a poet ; the eye that distinguishes, in every thing presented to its view, whatever... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1811 - 400 страници
...delicate pencil, overcharged with no superfluous colouring, and conveying to us a lively idea of the " Cowley. His numbers, his pauses, his diction, are...as a man of genius. " He looks round on nature and life, with the eye which nature " bestows only on a poet ; the eye that distinguishes in every " thing... | |
 | William Somervile - 1811 - 312 страници
...the highest kind ; his modeof thinking, and of expressing his thoughts, is original. His blank verse is no more the blank verse of Milton, or of any other...Cowley. His numbers, his pauses, his diction, are of hisown growth, without transcription, without imitation. He thinks in a peculiar train, and he thinks... | |
 | James Thomson - 1811 - 182 страници
...the highest kind: his mode of thinking and of expressing his thonghts is original. His blank verse is no more the blank verse of Milton, or of any other...the rhymes of Prior are the rhymes of Cowley. His nnmbers, his panses, his diction, are of his ova growth, withont transcription, withont imitation.... | |
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As a writer, he is entitled to one praise of the highest kind : his mode of thinking, and of expressing his thoughts, is original. His blank verse is no more the blank verse of Milton, or of any other poet, than the rhymes of Prior are the rhymes of Cow-ley.... 
