The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... imagination , and pos- sessed that copiousness of sentiment , by which intellectual pleasure can be given . His first performance was a novel , called Incognita , or , love and duty reconciled : it is praised by the biographers , who ...
... imagination , and pos- sessed that copiousness of sentiment , by which intellectual pleasure can be given . His first performance was a novel , called Incognita , or , love and duty reconciled : it is praised by the biographers , who ...
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... imagination , and pos- sessed that copiousness of sentiment , by which intellectual pleasure can be given . His first performance was a novel , called Incognita , or , love and duty reconciled : it is praised by the biographers , who ...
... imagination , and pos- sessed that copiousness of sentiment , by which intellectual pleasure can be given . His first performance was a novel , called Incognita , or , love and duty reconciled : it is praised by the biographers , who ...
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... is distinguishing , just , and delicate : his judgment clear , and his reason strong , accompanied with an imagination full of spirit , of great compass , and stored with refined ideas . He is a critic of 18 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... is distinguishing , just , and delicate : his judgment clear , and his reason strong , accompanied with an imagination full of spirit , of great compass , and stored with refined ideas . He is a critic of 18 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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... imagination can with great facility range the wide field of nature , contemplate an infi- nite variety of objects , and , by observing the similitude and disagreement of their several qualities , single out and abstract , and then suit ...
... imagination can with great facility range the wide field of nature , contemplate an infi- nite variety of objects , and , by observing the similitude and disagreement of their several qualities , single out and abstract , and then suit ...
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... imagination he acquiesced ; he thought them good , and did not seek for better . His works may be read a long time without the occurrence of a single line that stands prominent from the rest . The poem on Creation has , however , the ...
... imagination he acquiesced ; he thought them good , and did not seek for better . His works may be read a long time without the occurrence of a single line that stands prominent from the rest . The poem on Creation has , however , the ...
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