The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... knowledge may be sometimes found , buried perhaps in grossness of 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 ...
... knowledge may be sometimes found , buried perhaps in grossness of 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 ...
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... knowledge : The sacred tree ' midst the fair orchard grew : The phoenix Truth did on it rest , And built his perfum'd nest , That right porphyrian tree which did true logic shew . Each leaf did learned notions give , And the apples were ...
... knowledge : The sacred tree ' midst the fair orchard grew : The phoenix Truth did on it rest , And built his perfum'd nest , That right porphyrian tree which did true logic shew . Each leaf did learned notions give , And the apples were ...
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With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. Thus Donne shews his medicinal knowledge in some encomiastic verses : In every thing there naturally grows A balsamum , to keep it fresh and new , If ' twere not injur'd by ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. Thus Donne shews his medicinal knowledge in some encomiastic verses : In every thing there naturally grows A balsamum , to keep it fresh and new , If ' twere not injur'd by ...
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... knowledge ; Dryden could have supplied the knowledge , but not the gaiety . The verses to Davenant , which are vigorously begun , and happily concluded , contain some hints of criticism , very justly conceived and happily expressed ...
... knowledge ; Dryden could have supplied the knowledge , but not the gaiety . The verses to Davenant , which are vigorously begun , and happily concluded , contain some hints of criticism , very justly conceived and happily expressed ...
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... knowledge produce little conviction . In those which are intended to exalt the human faculties , reason has its proper task assigned it ; that of judging , not of things revealed , but of the reality of revelation . In the verses for ...
... knowledge produce little conviction . In those which are intended to exalt the human faculties , reason has its proper task assigned it ; that of judging , not of things revealed , but of the reality of revelation . In the verses for ...
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