...sliff formality and affectation of his poetry. 'No author,' says lie, 'ever kept his verse and his n ro the third, which they al! lias a smooth and placid equability, which 1ms never yet obtained its due commendation. Nothing is...

...had been perceived in very few writers of the two preceding reigns. " His thoughts," says Johnson, "are natural, and his style has a smooth and placid...without feebleness, and familiar without grossness." 35. Evelyn wrote in 1651 a little piece, purporting to be an account of England by a Frenchman. It...

...had been perceived in very few writers of the two preceding reigns. " His thoughts," says Johnson, " are natural, and his style has a smooth and placid...obtained its due commendation. Nothing is far-sought or CHAP. hard-laboured; but all is easy without feebleness, ' and familiar without grossness." Evelyn....

...of liis excellence in poetry, may be applied to these compositions. No author ever kept his and his 4 crossness. It has been observed by Felton, in his Essay on the Classics, that Cowley was beloved by...

...his excellence in poetry, may be applied to these compositions. No author ever kept his verse and his prose at a greater distance from each other. His thoughts...never yet obtained its due commendation. Nothing is far sought, or hard laboured ; but all is easy without feebleness, and familiar without grossness,...

...excellence in poetry, may be applied to these compositions. Ño author ever kept his verse and his ; g @ ^ zσ ̨ v & < yzt ҳ @ 3 ζ { I Wzj1 ^y Z8=z Nj . 7 z AXP Fclton, in his Essay on the Classics, that Cowley was beloved by every muse that he courted ; and that...

...kept hie verse and his prose at a greater distance from each other. Ilia thoughts are natural, and hie ] hag rivalled the ancients in every kin4 ojf rioetry but tragedy. ¿li^ / » » / It may be affirmed,...

...in those of Dryden. — Hallam. 2 vols. folio, $4 00, London. Cowley. " His thoughts," says Johnson, "are natural, and his style has a smooth and placid...without feebleness, and familiar without grossness." 8vo, $I 50, London. Perrault. He rendered his "Tales of Mother Goose" almost a counterpart in prose...

...formality and affectation of his poetry. ' 'No author,' says he, 'ever kept hie verse and his jirose many years ; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares ; To cat thy heart lias a smooth and placid equability, which lias never yet obtained its 'lue commendation. Nothing is...

...poetry has gone entirely out of fashion. " No author," says Dr. Johnson, " ever kept his verse and his prose at a greater distance from each other. His thoughts...his style has a smooth and placid equability, which bus never yet obtained its due commfindafion. Nothing i» far. sought or hard-laboured ; but all is...