The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1Nichols and Son, 1801 - 588 pàgines |
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... natural defire of man to propagate a wonder . It is furely very difficult to tell any thing as it was heard , when Sprat could not refrain from amplifying a commodious inci- dent ... Nature for literary politeness . But in 2 COWLE Y.
... natural defire of man to propagate a wonder . It is furely very difficult to tell any thing as it was heard , when Sprat could not refrain from amplifying a commodious inci- dent ... Nature for literary politeness . But in 2 COWLE Y.
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With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. provifion made by Nature for literary politeness . But in the author's own honeft relation , the mar- vel vanithes he was , he fays , fuch " an enemy " to all constraint , that ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. provifion made by Nature for literary politeness . But in the author's own honeft relation , the mar- vel vanithes he was , he fays , fuch " an enemy " to all constraint , that ...
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... natural ; it is na- tural likewife for the lover to folicit reciprocal re- gard by an elaborate difplay of his own qualifica- tions . The defire of pleafing has in different men . produced actions of heroifm , and effufions of wit ; but ...
... natural ; it is na- tural likewife for the lover to folicit reciprocal re- gard by an elaborate difplay of his own qualifica- tions . The defire of pleafing has in different men . produced actions of heroifm , and effufions of wit ; but ...
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... nature to the choice of man , has its changes and fashions , and at different times takes different forms . About the beginning of the feventeenth century , appeared a race of writers that may be termed the metaphy- fical poets ; of ...
... nature to the choice of man , has its changes and fashions , and at different times takes different forms . About the beginning of the feventeenth century , appeared a race of writers that may be termed the metaphy- fical poets ; of ...
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... nature for life , neither painted the forms of matter ; nor re- prefented the operations of intellect . Those ... natural dignity , and reduces it from ftrength of thought to happiness of language , If by a more noble and more adequate ...
... nature for life , neither painted the forms of matter ; nor re- prefented the operations of intellect . Those ... natural dignity , and reduces it from ftrength of thought to happiness of language , If by a more noble and more adequate ...
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