Great Cowley then (a mighty genius) wrote, O'errun with wit, and lavish of his thought: His turns too closely on the reader press; He more had pleased us, had he pleased us less. One glittering thought no sooner strikes our eyes With silent wonder, but... A Book of Bachelors - Side 205af Arthur William Fox - 1899 - 449 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
| Joseph Addison - 1804 - 470 sider
...courteous knights. But when we look too near, the shades decay, And all the pleasing landscape fades away. Great Cowley then, a mighty genius, wrote, O'er-run...turns too closely on the reader press : He more had pleas'd us, had he pleas'd us less. One glittering thought no sooner strikes our eyes With silent wonder,... | |
| Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 472 sider
...seulement ce que ce ruban entourait , prenez tout le reste dans le cercle que parcourt le soleil. COWLEY. Great Cowley , then , a mighty genius , wrote , O'er-run...turns too closely on the reader press , He more had pleas'd us f had he pleas'd us less : One glitt'ring thought no sooner strikes our eyes "With silent... | |
| Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 472 sider
...turns too closely on the reader press, He more had pleas'd us, had he pleas'd us less : One glitt'ring thought no sooner strikes our eyes "With silent wonder , but new wonders rise ; His fault is only wit in ita excess. * ADDISON , thé cnglish poets. ON appelle WIT en Angleterre... | |
| Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 296 sider
...much elegance, to our poet himself. For, speaking of Mr. Cowley's wit, he says — ' One glitl'ring thought no sooner strikes our eyes ' With silent wonder,...As in the milky way a shining white ' O'erflows the heav'ns with one continued light ; ' That not a single star can shew his rays, " Whilst jointly all... | |
| Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 296 sider
...much elegance, to our poet himself. For, speaking of Mr. Cowley's wit, he says — " One glitt'ring thought 'no sooner strikes our eyes " With silent...As in the milky way a shining white " O'erflows the heav'ns with one continued light ; " That not a single star can shew his rays, " Whilst jointly all... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 612 sider
...ous knights. But, when we look too near, the shades decay, And all the pleasing landscape fades away. Great Cowley then (a mighty genius) wrote, O'er-run...turns too closely on the reader press: He more had pleas'd us, had he pleas'd us less. One glittering thought no sooner strikes our eyes With, silent... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 sider
...Bat now the mystic tale, that pleas'd of yore, Can charm an understanding age no more; VOL, IX. 529 Great Cowley then (a mighty genius) wrote, O^er-run...turns too closely on the reader press: He more had pleas'd us, had he pleas'd us less. One glittering thought no sooner strikes our eye* With silent wonder,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 620 sider
...knights. But, when we look too near, the shades decay, And all the pl««sing landscape fades away. Gicat Cowley then (a mighty genius) wrote, O'er-run with...turns too closely on the reader press: He more had pleas'd us, had he pleas'd us less. One glittering thought no sooner strikes our eye» With silent... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 620 sider
...we look too near, thf1 shades decay, And all the pleasing landscape fades away. Great Cowlcy llx-n (a mighty genius) wrote, O'er-run with wit, and lavish...turns too closely on the reader press : He more had pleas'd us, had he pleas'd us less. One glittering thought no sooner strikes our eye» With silent... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 sider
...decay, And all the pleasing landscape fades away. Great Cowlry then (a mighty genius) wrote, CTer-run with wit, and lavish of his thought: His turns too closely on the reader press: He more had pleas'd us, had he pleas'd us less. One glittering thought no sooner strikes our eyee With silent wonder,... | |
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