The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... gives reason to suspect that his father was a sectary . Whoever he was , he died before the birth of his son , and conse- quently left him to the care of his mother ; whom Wood represents as struggling earnestly to procure him a ...
... gives reason to suspect that his father was a sectary . Whoever he was , he died before the birth of his son , and conse- quently left him to the care of his mother ; whom Wood represents as struggling earnestly to procure him a ...
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... give some ac count . The metaphysical poets were men of learning , and to shew their learning was their whole endeavour : but , un- luckily resolving to shew it in rhyme , instead of writing poetry , they only wrote verses , and very ...
... give some ac count . The metaphysical poets were men of learning , and to shew their learning was their whole endeavour : but , un- luckily resolving to shew it in rhyme , instead of writing poetry , they only wrote verses , and very ...
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... give lustre to works . which have more propriety , though less copiousness , of sentiment . This kind of writing , which was , I believe , borrowed from Marino and his followers , had been recommended by the example of Donne , a man of ...
... give lustre to works . which have more propriety , though less copiousness , of sentiment . This kind of writing , which was , I believe , borrowed from Marino and his followers , had been recommended by the example of Donne , a man of ...
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... give , And the apples were demonstrative : So clear their colour and divine , The very shade they cast did other lights outshine . On Anacreon continuing a lover in his old age : Love was with thy life entwin'd , Close as heat with fire ...
... give , And the apples were demonstrative : So clear their colour and divine , The very shade they cast did other lights outshine . On Anacreon continuing a lover in his old age : Love was with thy life entwin'd , Close as heat with fire ...
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... gives the best light to his sphere ; Or each is both , and all ; and so They unto one another nothing owe . DONNE . Who but Donne would have thought that a good man is a telescope ? Though God be our true glass , through which we see ...
... gives the best light to his sphere ; Or each is both , and all ; and so They unto one another nothing owe . DONNE . Who but Donne would have thought that a good man is a telescope ? Though God be our true glass , through which we see ...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 1 Samuel Johnson,John Hepburn Millar Visualització completa - 1896 |
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