The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1James Sawers, 1818 - 1271 pàgines |
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... readers this short sketch . His stature was tall , his limbs were large , his strength was more than common , and his activity in early life had been greater than such a form gave reason to expect : but he was subject to an infirmity of ...
... readers this short sketch . His stature was tall , his limbs were large , his strength was more than common , and his activity in early life had been greater than such a form gave reason to expect : but he was subject to an infirmity of ...
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... reader , far from won- dering that he missed them , wonders more frequent- ly by what perverseness of industry they were ever found . But wit , abstracted from its effects upon the hear- er , may be more rigorously and philosophically ...
... reader , far from won- dering that he missed them , wonders more frequent- ly by what perverseness of industry they were ever found . But wit , abstracted from its effects upon the hear- er , may be more rigorously and philosophically ...
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... reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought , and , though he sometimes admires , is seldom pleased . From this account of their compositions it will be readily inferred , that they were not successful in representing or moving ...
... reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought , and , though he sometimes admires , is seldom pleased . From this account of their compositions it will be readily inferred , that they were not successful in representing or moving ...
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... readers of poetry . Thus Cowley on Knowledge : The sacred tree ' midst the fair orchard grew ; The Phoenix Truth did on it rest , And built his perfum❜d nest , That right Porphyrian tree which did true logic shew . Each leaf did ...
... readers of poetry . Thus Cowley on Knowledge : The sacred tree ' midst the fair orchard grew ; The Phoenix Truth did on it rest , And built his perfum❜d nest , That right Porphyrian tree which did true logic shew . Each leaf did ...
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... reader may perhaps cry out- Confusion worse confounded ! ' Here lies a she sun , and a he moon here , She gives the best light to his sphere , Or each is both , and all , and so They unto one another nothing owe . DONNE . Who but Donne ...
... reader may perhaps cry out- Confusion worse confounded ! ' Here lies a she sun , and a he moon here , She gives the best light to his sphere , Or each is both , and all , and so They unto one another nothing owe . DONNE . Who but Donne ...
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