 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 470 էջ
...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...He more had pleas'd us, had he pleas'd us less. One glittering thought no sooner strikes our eyes With silent wonder, but. new wonders rise. As in the... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 296 էջ
...applied, with 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 wonder, but new wonders rise: " As in the milky way a shining white " O'erflows the heav'ns with one continued light ; " That not... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 296 էջ
...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, but new wonders rise: ' As in the milky way a shining white ' O'erflows the heav'ns with one continued light ; ' That not... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 612 էջ
...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...He more had pleas'd us, had he pleas'd us less. One glittering thought no sooner strikes our eyes With, silent wonder, but new wonders rise. As in the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 էջ
...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...He more had pleas'd us, had he pleas'd us less. One glittering thought no sooner strikes our eye* With silent wonder, but new wonders rise. As in the milky... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 620 էջ
...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...He more had pleas'd us, had he pleas'd us less. One glittering thought no sooner strikes our eye» With silent wonder, but new wonders rise. As in the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 620 էջ
...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...He more had pleas'd us, had he pleas'd us less. One glittering thought no sooner strikes our eye» With silent wonder, but new wonders rise. As in the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 էջ
...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...He more had pleas'd us, had he pleas'd us less. One glittering thought no sooner strikes our eyee With silent wonder, hut new wonders rise. As in the milky... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 540 էջ
...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...He more had pleas'd us, had he pleas'd us less. One glittering thought no sooner strikes our eyes With silent wonder, but new wonders rise. As in the milky-way... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 638 էջ
...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...He more had pleas'd us, had he pleas'd us less. One glittering thought no sooner strikes our eye* With silent wonder, but new wonders rise. As in the milky-way... | |
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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... 
