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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Pàgina 11
... reafon to think that Cowley promifed little . It does not appear that his compliance . gained him confidence enough to be trufted with- out fecurity ; for , the bond of his bail was never cancelled ; nor that it made him think himself ...
... reafon to think that Cowley promifed little . It does not appear that his compliance . gained him confidence enough to be trufted with- out fecurity ; for , the bond of his bail was never cancelled ; nor that it made him think himself ...
Pàgina 12
... reafon for fuppofing that he ever attempted practice ; but his preparatory ftudies have contributed fomething to the honour of his country . Confidering Botany as necessary to a phyfician , he retired into Kent to gather plants ; and ...
... reafon for fuppofing that he ever attempted practice ; but his preparatory ftudies have contributed fomething to the honour of his country . Confidering Botany as necessary to a phyfician , he retired into Kent to gather plants ; and ...
Pàgina 14
... reafon : it certainly has , in a very great degree , the power of fixing attention and exciting merriment . From the charge of difaffection he exculpates himself in his preface , by obferving how unlikely it is that , having followed ...
... reafon : it certainly has , in a very great degree , the power of fixing attention and exciting merriment . From the charge of difaffection he exculpates himself in his preface , by obferving how unlikely it is that , having followed ...
Pàgina 21
... reafon but fancy behind them ; and produced com- binations of confufed magnificence , that not only could not be credited , but could not be ima- gined . Yet great labour , directed by great abilities , is never wholly loft ; if they ...
... reafon but fancy behind them ; and produced com- binations of confufed magnificence , that not only could not be credited , but could not be ima- gined . Yet great labour , directed by great abilities , is never wholly loft ; if they ...
Pàgina 39
... Reafon are no mean fpecimens of metaphyfical poetry . The ftanzas against knowledge produce little conviction . In thofe which are intended to exalt the human faculties , Reafon has its proper tafk affigned it ; that of judging , not of ...
... Reafon are no mean fpecimens of metaphyfical poetry . The ftanzas against knowledge produce little conviction . In thofe which are intended to exalt the human faculties , Reafon has its proper tafk affigned it ; that of judging , not of ...
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