The Lives of the Most Eminent English PoetsWarne, 1872 |
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... truth : he that professes love ought to feel its power . Petrarch was a real lover , and Laura doubtless deserved his tenderness . Of Cowley , we are told by Barnes , * who had means enough of information , that , whatever he may talk ...
... truth : he that professes love ought to feel its power . Petrarch was a real lover , and Laura doubtless deserved his tenderness . Of Cowley , we are told by Barnes , * who had means enough of information , that , whatever he may talk ...
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... truth ( which I take to be an argument above all the rest ) , Virgil has told me something to that purpose . " This expression , from a secretary of the present time , would be considered as merely ludicrous , or at most as an ...
... truth ( which I take to be an argument above all the rest ) , Virgil has told me something to that purpose . " This expression , from a secretary of the present time , would be considered as merely ludicrous , or at most as an ...
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... truth : if their conceits were far - fetched , they were often worth the carriage . To write on their plan , it was at least necessary to read and think . No man could be born a metaphysical poet , nor assume the dignity of a writer ...
... truth : if their conceits were far - fetched , they were often worth the carriage . To write on their plan , it was at least necessary to read and think . No man could be born a metaphysical poet , nor assume the dignity of a writer ...
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... truth reciprocally run , The sun's heaven's coalery , and coals our sun . Death , a voyage : No family E'er rigg'd a soul for Heaven's discovery , With whom more venturers might boldly dare Venture their stakes with him in joy to share ...
... truth reciprocally run , The sun's heaven's coalery , and coals our sun . Death , a voyage : No family E'er rigg'd a soul for Heaven's discovery , With whom more venturers might boldly dare Venture their stakes with him in joy to share ...
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... truth divine , So numberless the stars , that to our eye It makes all but one galaxy . Yet Reason must assist too ; for , in seas So vast and dangerous as these , Our course by stars above we cannot know Without the compass too below ...
... truth divine , So numberless the stars , that to our eye It makes all but one galaxy . Yet Reason must assist too ; for , in seas So vast and dangerous as these , Our course by stars above we cannot know Without the compass too below ...
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