The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1James Sawers, 1818 - 1271 pàgines |
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... labour . Among the English poets , Cowley , Milton , and Pope , might be said to lisp in numbers ; ' and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of lan- guage , but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy minds seems ...
... labour . Among the English poets , Cowley , Milton , and Pope , might be said to lisp in numbers ; ' and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of lan- guage , but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy minds seems ...
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... labour , directed by great abilities , is never wholly lost ; if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits , they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth : if their conceits were far - fetched , they were often ...
... labour , directed by great abilities , is never wholly lost ; if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits , they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth : if their conceits were far - fetched , they were often ...
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... labour should co - operate , are thus taught by Donne : In none but us are such mix'd engines found , As hands of double office ; for the ground We till with them ; and them to heaven we raise ; Who prayerless labours , or without this ...
... labour should co - operate , are thus taught by Donne : In none but us are such mix'd engines found , As hands of double office ; for the ground We till with them ; and them to heaven we raise ; Who prayerless labours , or without this ...
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... labour pay With good unsought experiments by the way . COWLEY . Some that have deeper digg'd Love's mine than I , Say , where his centric happiness doth lie : I have lov'd , and got , and told ; But should I love , get , tell , till I ...
... labour pay With good unsought experiments by the way . COWLEY . Some that have deeper digg'd Love's mine than I , Say , where his centric happiness doth lie : I have lov'd , and got , and told ; But should I love , get , tell , till I ...
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... labour'd birth of slavish brains , Not the effect of poetry , but pains ; Cheap vulgar arts , whose narrowness affords No flight for thoughts , but poorly stick at words . A new and nobler way thou dost pursue , To make translations and ...
... labour'd birth of slavish brains , Not the effect of poetry , but pains ; Cheap vulgar arts , whose narrowness affords No flight for thoughts , but poorly stick at words . A new and nobler way thou dost pursue , To make translations and ...
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