The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... present age , had the first fondness for his art excited by the perusal of Richardson's treatise . By his mother's solicitation , he was admitted into West- minster school , where he was soon distinguished . He was wont , says Sprat ...
... present age , had the first fondness for his art excited by the perusal of Richardson's treatise . By his mother's solicitation , he was admitted into West- minster school , where he was soon distinguished . He was wont , says Sprat ...
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... present time , would be considered as merely ludicrous , or at most as an ostentatious display of scholarship ; but the manners of that time were so tinged with superstition , that I cannot but suspect Cowley of having consulted , on ...
... present time , would be considered as merely ludicrous , or at most as an ostentatious display of scholarship ; but the manners of that time were so tinged with superstition , that I cannot but suspect Cowley of having consulted , on ...
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... present , but hardly appropriated . The ode on wit is almost without a rival . It was about the time of Cowley that wit , which had been till then used for intellection , in contradistinction to will , took the mean- ing , whatever it ...
... present , but hardly appropriated . The ode on wit is almost without a rival . It was about the time of Cowley that wit , which had been till then used for intellection , in contradistinction to will , took the mean- ing , whatever it ...
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... , and which teach nothing but the enjoyment of the present day , he has given rather a pleas- ing than a faithful representation , having retained their sprightliness , but lost their simplicity . The Anacreon of COWLEY . 37.
... , and which teach nothing but the enjoyment of the present day , he has given rather a pleas- ing than a faithful representation , having retained their sprightliness , but lost their simplicity . The Anacreon of COWLEY . 37.
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... present habitudes of thought . Real mirth must be always natural , and nature is uniform . Men have been wise in very different modes ; but they have always laughed the same way . Levity of thought naturally produced familiarity of lan ...
... present habitudes of thought . Real mirth must be always natural , and nature is uniform . Men have been wise in very different modes ; but they have always laughed the same way . Levity of thought naturally produced familiarity of lan ...
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