The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 6
... once , and then never had refolution to tell his paffion . This confideration cannot but abate , in some mea- fure , the reader's efteem for the work and the author . To love excellence , is natural ; it is natural likewise for the ...
... once , and then never had refolution to tell his paffion . This confideration cannot but abate , in some mea- fure , the reader's efteem for the work and the author . To love excellence , is natural ; it is natural likewise for the ...
Pàgina 20
... once natural and new , that which , though not obvious , is , upon its first production , acknowledged to be juft ; if it be that which he that never found it wonders how he miffed ; to wit of this kind the metaphyfical poets . have ...
... once natural and new , that which , though not obvious , is , upon its first production , acknowledged to be juft ; if it be that which he that never found it wonders how he miffed ; to wit of this kind the metaphyfical poets . have ...
Pàgina 21
... once fills the whole mind , and of which the firft effect is sudden astonishment , and the fecond rational admi- ration . Sublimity is produced by aggregation , and littleness by difperfion . Great thoughts are always general , and ...
... once fills the whole mind , and of which the firft effect is sudden astonishment , and the fecond rational admi- ration . Sublimity is produced by aggregation , and littleness by difperfion . Great thoughts are always general , and ...
Pàgina 33
... Once dead , how can it be , Death fhould a thing so pleasant seem to thee , That thou fhould't come to live it o'er again in me ? A Lover's heart , a hand grenado : Wo to her ftubborn heart , if once mine come Into the felf fame room ...
... Once dead , how can it be , Death fhould a thing so pleasant seem to thee , That thou fhould't come to live it o'er again in me ? A Lover's heart , a hand grenado : Wo to her ftubborn heart , if once mine come Into the felf fame room ...
Pàgina 50
... once an egg in his mind , he cannot for- bear to fhew us that he knows what an egg contains : Thou into the clofe nefts of Time doft peep , And there with piercing eye Through the firm fhell and the thick white doft fpy Years to come a ...
... once an egg in his mind , he cannot for- bear to fhew us that he knows what an egg contains : Thou into the clofe nefts of Time doft peep , And there with piercing eye Through the firm fhell and the thick white doft fpy Years to come a ...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volum 2 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1821 |
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volum 2 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1783 |
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volum 2 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1839 |
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