The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations of Their Works, Volum 2Derby & Jackson, 1857 |
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... beauty , and enlarged with majesty . " " Yet could the author , who appears here to have enjoyed the con- fidence of nature , lament the death of Queen Mary in lines like these : 23 Johnson said [ 16th Oct. 1769 ] that the description ...
... beauty , and enlarged with majesty . " " Yet could the author , who appears here to have enjoyed the con- fidence of nature , lament the death of Queen Mary in lines like these : 23 Johnson said [ 16th Oct. 1769 ] that the description ...
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... beauty of its versification , and infinitely surpassed it in the solidity and strength of its reasoning . " Why an author surpasses himself it is natural to inquire . I have heard from Mr. Draper , 23 an eminent bookseller , an account ...
... beauty of its versification , and infinitely surpassed it in the solidity and strength of its reasoning . " Why an author surpasses himself it is natural to inquire . I have heard from Mr. Draper , 23 an eminent bookseller , an account ...
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... . Hence springs the oak , the beauty of the grove , Whose stately trunk fierce storms can scarcely move . Hence grows the cedar , hence the swelling vine 3 Does round the elm it purple clusters twine . Hence BLACKMORE . 49.
... . Hence springs the oak , the beauty of the grove , Whose stately trunk fierce storms can scarcely move . Hence grows the cedar , hence the swelling vine 3 Does round the elm it purple clusters twine . Hence BLACKMORE . 49.
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... beauty grows , Hence the blue violet , and blushing rose . He sung how sun - beams brood upon the earth , And in the glebe hatch such a numerous birth ; Which way the genial warmth in Summer storms . Turns putrid vapours to a bed of ...
... beauty grows , Hence the blue violet , and blushing rose . He sung how sun - beams brood upon the earth , And in the glebe hatch such a numerous birth ; Which way the genial warmth in Summer storms . Turns putrid vapours to a bed of ...
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... died 15th January , 1734-5 . An unmarried daughter , called Mrs. Betty Granville , was living in 1789 , and was the last Granville of the male line . an accomplished writer , as a beauty finds no great 84 GRANVILLE .
... died 15th January , 1734-5 . An unmarried daughter , called Mrs. Betty Granville , was living in 1789 , and was the last Granville of the male line . an accomplished writer , as a beauty finds no great 84 GRANVILLE .
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Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations ..., Volum 2 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1864 |
Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations ..., Volum 2 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1854 |
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