The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... expression , from a secretary of the present time , would be considered as merely ludicrous , or at most as an ostentatious display of scholarship ; but the manners of that time were so tinged with superstition , that I cannot but ...
... expression , from a secretary of the present time , would be considered as merely ludicrous , or at most as an ostentatious display of scholarship ; but the manners of that time were so tinged with superstition , that I cannot but ...
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... expressions , and to leave curiosity often unsatisfied . What he did not tell , cannot , however , now be known ; I must therefore recom- mend the perusal of his work , to which my narration can be considered only as a slender ...
... expressions , and to leave curiosity often unsatisfied . What he did not tell , cannot , however , now be known ; I must therefore recom- mend the perusal of his work , to which my narration can be considered only as a slender ...
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... expression , but useful to those who know their value ; and such as , when they are expanded to perspi- cuity , and polished to elegance , may give lustre to works . which have more propriety , though less copiousness , of sentiment ...
... expression , but useful to those who know their value ; and such as , when they are expanded to perspi- cuity , and polished to elegance , may give lustre to works . which have more propriety , though less copiousness , of sentiment ...
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... expressions were sometimes grossly absurd , and such as no figures or licence can reconcile to the understanding . A lover neither dead nor alive : Then , down I laid my head , Down on cold earth ; and , for a while , was dead ; And my ...
... expressions were sometimes grossly absurd , and such as no figures or licence can reconcile to the understanding . A lover neither dead nor alive : Then , down I laid my head , Down on cold earth ; and , for a while , was dead ; And my ...
Pàgina 32
... expressions sometimes raise horror , when they intend perhaps to be pathetic : As men in hell are from diseases free , So from all other ills am I , Free from their known formality : But all pains eminently lie in thee . COWLEY . They ...
... expressions sometimes raise horror , when they intend perhaps to be pathetic : As men in hell are from diseases free , So from all other ills am I , Free from their known formality : But all pains eminently lie in thee . COWLEY . They ...
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