The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... never could bring it to retain the ordinary rules of grammar . ” This is an instance of the natural desire of man to pro- pagate a wonder . It is surely very difficult to tell any thing as it was heard , when Sprat could not refrain ...
... never could bring it to retain the ordinary rules of grammar . ” This is an instance of the natural desire of man to pro- pagate a wonder . It is surely very difficult to tell any thing as it was heard , when Sprat could not refrain ...
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... never had resolution to tell his passion . This consideration cannot but abate , in some measure , the reader's esteem for the work and the author . To love excellence is natural ; it is natural likewise for the lover to solicit ...
... never had resolution to tell his passion . This consideration cannot but abate , in some measure , the reader's esteem for the work and the author . To love excellence is natural ; it is natural likewise for the lover to solicit ...
Pàgina 11
... never within the possibility of committing , differs only , by the infrequency of his folly , from him who praises beauty which he never saw ; complains of jealousy which he never felt ; supposes himself sometimes invited , and ...
... never within the possibility of committing , differs only , by the infrequency of his folly , from him who praises beauty which he never saw ; complains of jealousy which he never felt ; supposes himself sometimes invited , and ...
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... never before so well ex- pressed , " they certainly never attained , nor ever sought it ; for they endeavoured to be singular in their thoughts , and were careless of their diction . But Pope's account of wit is undoubtedly erroneous ...
... never before so well ex- pressed , " they certainly never attained , nor ever sought it ; for they endeavoured to be singular in their thoughts , and were careless of their diction . But Pope's account of wit is undoubtedly erroneous ...
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... never been said before . Nor was the sublime more within their reach than the pathetic ; for they never attempted that comprehension and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind , and of which the first effect is sudden ...
... never been said before . Nor was the sublime more within their reach than the pathetic ; for they never attempted that comprehension and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind , and of which the first effect is sudden ...
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