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Pàgina 10
... lines than in the cast of his sentiments . When their reputation was high , they had undoubtedly more imitators than time has left behind . Their immediate successors , of whom any re- membrance can be said to remain , were Suckling ...
... lines than in the cast of his sentiments . When their reputation was high , they had undoubtedly more imitators than time has left behind . Their immediate successors , of whom any re- membrance can be said to remain , were Suckling ...
Pàgina 11
... lines of Donne , on the last night of the year , have something in them too scholastic , they are not inelegant : This twilight of two years , not past nor next , Some emblem is of me , or I of this , Who , meteor - like , of stuff and ...
... lines of Donne , on the last night of the year , have something in them too scholastic , they are not inelegant : This twilight of two years , not past nor next , Some emblem is of me , or I of this , Who , meteor - like , of stuff and ...
Pàgina 12
... lines are not easily understood , they may be read again : On a round ball A workman , that hath copies by , can lay An Europe , Afric , and an Asia , And quickly make that which was nothing , all . So doth each tear , Which thee doth ...
... lines are not easily understood , they may be read again : On a round ball A workman , that hath copies by , can lay An Europe , Afric , and an Asia , And quickly make that which was nothing , all . So doth each tear , Which thee doth ...
Pàgina 13
... lines so many remote ideas could be brought together ? Since ' tis my doom , love's undershrieve , Why this reprieve ? Why doth my she advowson fly Incumbency ? To sell thyself dost thou intend By candles end , And hold the contract ...
... lines so many remote ideas could be brought together ? Since ' tis my doom , love's undershrieve , Why this reprieve ? Why doth my she advowson fly Incumbency ? To sell thyself dost thou intend By candles end , And hold the contract ...
Pàgina 14
... lines there grows ; Here buds an L , and there a B , Here sprouts a V , and there a T , And all the flourishing letters stand in rows . - COWLEY . As they sought only for novelty , they did not much inquire whether their allusions were ...
... lines there grows ; Here buds an L , and there a B , Here sprouts a V , and there a T , And all the flourishing letters stand in rows . - COWLEY . As they sought only for novelty , they did not much inquire whether their allusions were ...
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Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their ... Samuel Johnson,Sir Walter Scott Visualització completa - 1871 |
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