The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... less provision of materials than might have been accumulated by longer premeditation . Of the later writers , at least , I might , by attention and inquiry , have gleaned many particulars , which would have diversified and enlivened my ...
... less provision of materials than might have been accumulated by longer premeditation . Of the later writers , at least , I might , by attention and inquiry , have gleaned many particulars , which would have diversified and enlivened my ...
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... less carefully suppressed , the omis- sion of his name in the register of St. Dunstan's parish 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 ...
... less carefully suppressed , the omis- sion of his name in the register of St. Dunstan's parish 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 ...
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... less than hanging . Another misfortune has been , and stranger than all the rest , that you have broke your word with me , and failed to come , even though you told mr . Bois that you would . This is what they call mon- stri simile . I ...
... less than hanging . Another misfortune has been , and stranger than all the rest , that you have broke your word with me , and failed to come , even though you told mr . Bois that you would . This is what they call mon- stri simile . I ...
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... 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 very extensive and various knowledge ; and by Jonson ...
... 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 very extensive and various knowledge ; and by Jonson ...
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... less , but are more diligent to adorn their thoughts . That a mistress beloved is fairer in idea than in reality , is by Cowley thus expressed : Thou in my fancy dost much higher stand , Than woman can be plac'd by nature's hand ; And I ...
... less , but are more diligent to adorn their thoughts . That a mistress beloved is fairer in idea than in reality , is by Cowley thus expressed : Thou in my fancy dost much higher stand , Than woman can be plac'd by nature's hand ; And I ...
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