The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... thought freemen of their company , without paying some duties , or obliging them- selves to be true to love . " This obligation to amorous ditties owes , I believe , its original to the fame of Petrarch , who , in an age rude and ...
... thought freemen of their company , without paying some duties , or obliging them- selves to be true to love . " This obligation to amorous ditties owes , I believe , its original to the fame of Petrarch , who , in an age rude and ...
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... thought , a rebuke , Unless he had done some notable folly ; Writ verses unjustly in praise of Sam Tuke , Or printed his pitiful melancholy . His vehement desire of retirement now came again upon him . " Not finding , " says the morose ...
... thought , a rebuke , Unless he had done some notable folly ; Writ verses unjustly in praise of Sam Tuke , Or printed his pitiful melancholy . His vehement desire of retirement now came again upon him . " Not finding , " says the morose ...
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... thought himself now safe enough from intrusion , without the defence of mountains and oceans ; and , instead of seeking shelter in America , wisely went only so far from the bustle of life , as that he might easily find his way back ...
... thought himself now safe enough from intrusion , without the defence of mountains and oceans ; and , instead of seeking shelter in America , wisely went only so far from the bustle of life , as that he might easily find his way back ...
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... thought , but was 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 ...
... thought , but was 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 ...
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... thought which at 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 ...
... thought which at 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 ...
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