The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... once , and then 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 ...
... once , and then 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 ...
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... once natural and new , that which , though not obvious , is , upon its first produc- tion , acknowledged to be just ; if it be that which he that never found it wonders how he missed ; to wit of this kind the metaphysical poets have ...
... once natural and new , that which , though not obvious , is , upon its first produc- tion , acknowledged to be just ; if it be that which he that never found it wonders how he missed ; to wit of this kind the metaphysical poets have ...
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... once fills the whole mind , and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment , and the second rational admiration . Sublimity is produced by aggregation , and littleness by dispersion . Great thoughts are always general , and ...
... once fills the whole mind , and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment , and the second rational admiration . Sublimity is produced by aggregation , and littleness by dispersion . Great thoughts are always general , and ...
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... Once dead , how can it be , Death should a thing so pleasant seem to thee , That thou should'st come to live it o'er again in me ? A lover's heart , a hand grenado : COWLEY . Wo to her stubborn heart , if once mine come Into the self ...
... Once dead , how can it be , Death should a thing so pleasant seem to thee , That thou should'st come to live it o'er again in me ? A lover's heart , a hand grenado : COWLEY . Wo to her stubborn heart , if once mine come Into the self ...
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... once an egg in his mind , he cannot forbear to shew us that he knows what an egg contains : Thou into the close nests of time dost peep , And there , with piercing eye , Through the firm shell and the thick white , dost spy Years to ...
... once an egg in his mind , he cannot forbear to shew us that he knows what an egg contains : Thou into the close nests of time dost peep , And there , with piercing eye , Through the firm shell and the thick white , dost spy Years to ...
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