The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... called genius . The true genius is a mind of large general powers , accidentally determined to some particular direction . Sir Joshua Reynolds , the great painter of the present age , had the first fondness for his art excited by the ...
... called genius . The true genius is a mind of large general powers , accidentally determined to some particular direction . Sir Joshua Reynolds , the great painter of the present age , had the first fondness for his art excited by the ...
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... 1643 , being now master of arts he was , by the preva- lence of the parliament , ejected from Cambridge , and shel- tered himself at St. John's college in Oxford ; where , as is said by Wood , he published a satire , called COWLEY .
... 1643 , being now master of arts he was , by the preva- lence of the parliament , ejected from Cambridge , and shel- tered himself at St. John's college in Oxford ; where , as is said by Wood , he published a satire , called COWLEY .
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... called " The Puritan and Papist , " which was only inserted in the last collection of his works ; and so distinguished himself by the warmth of his loyalty and the elegance of his conversation , that he gained the kindness and ...
... called " The Puritan and Papist , " which was only inserted in the last collection of his works ; and so distinguished himself by the warmth of his loyalty and the elegance of his conversation , that he gained the kindness and ...
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... called " The Complaint ; " in which he styles himself the melan- choly Cowley . This met with the usual fortune of com- plaints , and seems to have excited more contempt than pity . These unlucky incidents are brought , maliciously ...
... called " The Complaint ; " in which he styles himself the melan- choly Cowley . This met with the usual fortune of com- plaints , and seems to have excited more contempt than pity . These unlucky incidents are brought , maliciously ...
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... called by themselves and their admirers ) was eminently distinguished . As the authors of this race were perhaps more desirous of being admired than understood , they sometimes drew their conceits from recesses of learning not very much ...
... called by themselves and their admirers ) was eminently distinguished . As the authors of this race were perhaps more desirous of being admired than understood , they sometimes drew their conceits from recesses of learning not very much ...
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