The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... original to the fame of Petrarch , who , in an age rude and uncultivated , by his tuneful homage to his Laura , refined the manners of the lettered world , and filled Europe with love and poetry . But the basis of all excellence is ...
... original to the fame of Petrarch , who , in an age rude and uncultivated , by his tuneful homage to his Laura , refined the manners of the lettered world , and filled Europe with love and poetry . But the basis of all excellence is ...
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... original import means exility of particles , is taken in its metaphorical meaning for nicety of distinction . Those writers who lay on the watch for novelty could have little hope of greatness ; for great things cannot have escaped ...
... original import means exility of particles , is taken in its metaphorical meaning for nicety of distinction . Those writers who lay on the watch for novelty could have little hope of greatness ; for great things cannot have escaped ...
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... original sin , Such charms thy beauty wears , as might Desires in dying confest saints excite . Thou , with strange adultery , Dost in each breast a brothel keep ; Awake , all men do lust for thee , And some enjoy thee when they sleep ...
... original sin , Such charms thy beauty wears , as might Desires in dying confest saints excite . Thou , with strange adultery , Dost in each breast a brothel keep ; Awake , all men do lust for thee , And some enjoy thee when they sleep ...
Pàgina 40
... original in elegance , and the conclusion below it in strength . The connection is supplied with great perspicuity ; and the thoughts , which to a reader of less skill seem thrown toge- ther by chance , are concatenated without any ...
... original in elegance , and the conclusion below it in strength . The connection is supplied with great perspicuity ; and the thoughts , which to a reader of less skill seem thrown toge- ther by chance , are concatenated without any ...
Pàgina 41
... original neu moon , her tender forehead , and her horns , is superadded by his paraphrast , who has many other plays of words and fancy unsuitable to the original ; as , The table , free for ev'ry guest , No doubt will thee admit , And ...
... original neu moon , her tender forehead , and her horns , is superadded by his paraphrast , who has many other plays of words and fancy unsuitable to the original ; as , The table , free for ev'ry guest , No doubt will thee admit , And ...
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