The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... manners of the lettered world , and filled Europe with love and poetry . But the basis of all excellence is truth : he that professes love ought to feel its power . Petrarch was a real lover , and Laura doubtless deserved his tender ...
... manners of the lettered world , and filled Europe with love and poetry . But the basis of all excellence is truth : he that professes love ought to feel its power . Petrarch was a real lover , and Laura doubtless deserved his tender ...
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... manners of that time were so tinged with superstition , that I cannot but suspect Cowley of having consulted , on this great oc- casion , the Virgilian lots , and to have given some credit to the answer of his oracle . Some years ...
... manners of that time were so tinged with superstition , that I cannot but suspect Cowley of having consulted , on this great oc- casion , the Virgilian lots , and to have given some credit to the answer of his oracle . Some years ...
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... manners . He was satiated with the arts of a court ; which sort of life , though his virtue made it innocent to him , yet nothing could make it quiet . Those were the reasons that moved him to follow the violent inclination of his own ...
... manners . He was satiated with the arts of a court ; which sort of life , though his virtue made it innocent to him , yet nothing could make it quiet . Those were the reasons that moved him to follow the violent inclination of his own ...
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... manner resembled that of Donne more in the ruggedness of his lines than in the cast of his sentiments . When their reputation was high , they had undoubtedly more imitators than time has left behind . Their imme- diate successors , of ...
... manner resembled that of Donne more in the ruggedness of his lines than in the cast of his sentiments . When their reputation was high , they had undoubtedly more imitators than time has left behind . Their imme- diate successors , of ...
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... manners and real life , is read from age to age with equal pleasure . The artifices of inversion , by which the established order of words is changed , or of innovation , by which new words or meanings of words are introduced , is ...
... manners and real life , is read from age to age with equal pleasure . The artifices of inversion , by which the established order of words is changed , or of innovation , by which new words or meanings of words are introduced , is ...
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