 The metaphysical poets were men of learning, and to show their learning was their whole endeavour: but unluckily resolving to show it in rhyme,- instead of writing poetry they only wrote verses, and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger...  Temple Bar - 第 87 頁1861完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 頁
...works of Cowley, it is not improper to give some account. The metaphysical poets were men of learning, and to show their learning was their whole endeavour...ear ; for the modulation was so imperfect, that they wer* only found to be verses by counting the syllables. If the father of criticism has rightly denominated... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 頁
...of learning, and to shew their learning was their whole endeavour: but, unluckily resolving to shew it in rhyme, instead of writing poetry they only wrote verses, and very often such * Now in the possession of Mr. Clark, Alderman of Condon. Pr. J Mr. Clark was in 1798 elected to the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 476 頁
...works of Cowley, it is not improper to give some account. The metaphysical poets were men of learning, and to show their learning was their whole endeavour...and very often such verses as stood the trial of the ' 'v .< finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so imperfect, that they were only found... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 430 頁
...of learning, and to shew their learning was their whole endeavour: but, unlackily resolving to shew it in rhyme, instead of writing poetry they only wrote...trial of the finger better than of the ear; for the inotli.tlat.ion was so imperfect that they were only found to be verses by counting the syllables.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 頁
...works of Cowley, it is not improper to give some account The metaphysical poets were men of learning, n go_ imperfect that they were only loulSST tfyJiftjferpy t*y <v"ltitin£ the syllables. If the father... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 522 頁
...works'of Cowley, it is not improper to give some account. The metaphysical poets were men of learning, and to show their learning was their whole endeavour:...wrote verses, and very often such verses as stood the (rial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so imperfect, that they were only... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 742 頁
...metaphysical poets were men of learning, and to show their learning was their whole endeavour: hut, g *HS j 1 u e \ |đ ; } ]$ [i f 4 Eh $ B _| ږ g * - I b҇ VB ofien such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was... | |
 | 1841 - 358 頁
...unnatural imagery, and affected diction. Dr. Johnson, in his Life of Cowley, observes that their verses " stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear;...for the modulation was so imperfect, that they were found to be verses only by counting the syllables." Even that degree of praise is hardly merited by... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1842 - 716 頁
...The metaphysical poets were men of learning, and to show their learning was their whole en deavour: but, unluckily resolving to show it in rhyme, instead of writing poetry they only f wrote verses, and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the car;... | |
 | William Howitt - 1847 - 524 頁
...so to Cowley, when he says of him and the other metaphysical poets, that "they were men of learning, and to show their learning was their whole endeavour;...show it in rhyme, instead of writing poetry, they wrote only verses, and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear... | |
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