The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1James Sawers, 1818 - 1271 pàgines |
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... perhaps be safe to claim for him the highest place , among his contemporaries , in any single department of literature ; but , to use one of his own expressions , he brought more mind to every subject , and had a greater variety of know ...
... perhaps be safe to claim for him the highest place , among his contemporaries , in any single department of literature ; but , to use one of his own expressions , he brought more mind to every subject , and had a greater variety of know ...
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... perhaps no man ever equalled him in nervous and pointed repartees . His veracity , from the most trivial to the most solemn occasions , was strict even to severity : he scorned to embellish a story with fictitious circum- stances ; for ...
... perhaps no man ever equalled him in nervous and pointed repartees . His veracity , from the most trivial to the most solemn occasions , was strict even to severity : he scorned to embellish a story with fictitious circum- stances ; for ...
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... perhaps sometimes forgotten , produce that particular designation of mind , and propensity for some certain science or employment , which is commonly called Genius . The true genius is a mind of large general powers , accidentally ...
... perhaps sometimes forgotten , produce that particular designation of mind , and propensity for some certain science or employment , which is commonly called Genius . The true genius is a mind of large general powers , accidentally ...
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... perhaps , has a right , in things admitting of gradation and comparison , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , and totally to exclude diffidence and shame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence . For the rejection of ...
... perhaps , has a right , in things admitting of gradation and comparison , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , and totally to exclude diffidence and shame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence . For the rejection of ...
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... perhaps every generation of poets has been teazed . Savoy - missing Cowley came into the court , Making apologies for his bad play ; › Every one gave him so good a report , That Apollo gave heed to all he could say : Nor would he have ...
... perhaps every generation of poets has been teazed . Savoy - missing Cowley came into the court , Making apologies for his bad play ; › Every one gave him so good a report , That Apollo gave heed to all he could say : Nor would he have ...
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