The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... called Genius . The true Genius is a mind of large general powers , accidentally determined to fome particular direction . Sir Joshua Reynolds , the great Painter of the prefent age , had the firft fond- ness for his art excited by the ...
... called Genius . The true Genius is a mind of large general powers , accidentally determined to fome particular direction . Sir Joshua Reynolds , the great Painter of the prefent age , had the firft fond- ness for his art excited by the ...
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... called " Love's Riddle , " though it was not pub- lifhed till he had been fome time at Cambridge . This comedy is of the paftoral kind , which requires no acquaintance with the living world , and therefore * This volume was not ...
... called " Love's Riddle , " though it was not pub- lifhed till he had been fome time at Cambridge . This comedy is of the paftoral kind , which requires no acquaintance with the living world , and therefore * This volume was not ...
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... called " The Puritan and Papift , " which was only inferted in the last collection of his works * ; and fo diftinguifhed himself by the warmth of his loyalty and the elegance of his conversation , that he gained the kindnefs and ...
... called " The Puritan and Papift , " which was only inferted in the last collection of his works * ; and fo diftinguifhed himself by the warmth of his loyalty and the elegance of his conversation , that he gained the kindnefs and ...
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... called " The Complaint ; " in which he ftyles himself the melancholy Cowley . This met with the ufual fortune of complaints , and feems to have ex- cited more contempt than pity . These unlucky incidents are brought , maliciously enough ...
... called " The Complaint ; " in which he ftyles himself the melancholy Cowley . This met with the ufual fortune of complaints , and feems to have ex- cited more contempt than pity . These unlucky incidents are brought , maliciously enough ...
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... called upon him , and " reprefented to him the true delights of folitary " ftudies , of temperate pleasures , and a moderate " revenue below the malice and flatteries of for- tune . " So differently are things feen ! and fo differently ...
... called upon him , and " reprefented to him the true delights of folitary " ftudies , of temperate pleasures , and a moderate " revenue below the malice and flatteries of for- tune . " So differently are things feen ! and fo differently ...
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