The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... whole blame upon his judges , and totally to ex- clude diffidence and shame , by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence . For the rejection of this play it is difficult now to find the reason : it certainly has , in a very great ...
... whole blame upon his judges , and totally to ex- clude diffidence and shame , by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence . For the rejection of this play it is difficult now to find the reason : it certainly has , in a very great ...
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... were men of learning , and to shew their learning was their whole endeavour : but , un- luckily resolving to shew it in rhyme , instead of writing poetry , they only wrote verses , and very often 18 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... were men of learning , and to shew their learning was their whole endeavour : but , un- luckily resolving to shew it in rhyme , instead of writing poetry , they only wrote verses , and very often 18 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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... 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 consist in positions ...
... 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 consist in positions ...
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... whole again of every part . COWLEY . A coal - pit has not often found its poet ; but , that it may not want its due honour , Cleiveland has paralleled it with the sun . The moderate value of our guiltless ore Makes no man atheist , and ...
... whole again of every part . COWLEY . A coal - pit has not often found its poet ; but , that it may not want its due honour , Cleiveland has paralleled it with the sun . The moderate value of our guiltless ore Makes no man atheist , and ...
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... whole Davideis is , however , not much to be regretted ; for , in this undertaking , Cowley is , tacitly at least , confessed to have miscarried . There are not many examples of so great a work , produced by an author gene- rally read ...
... whole Davideis is , however , not much to be regretted ; for , in this undertaking , Cowley is , tacitly at least , confessed to have miscarried . There are not many examples of so great a work , produced by an author gene- rally read ...
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