The lives of the most eminent English poets, with critical observations on their works, Volum 1G. Walker, J. Akerman, E. Edwards, W. Robinson and Sons, Liverpool, E. Thomson, Manchester, J. Noble, Hull, J. Wilson, Berwick, W. Whyte and Company, Edinburgh, and R. Griffin and Company, Glasgow, 1820 |
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... fancy , and ransacks his memory , for images which may exhibit the gaiety of hope , or the gloominess of despair ; and dresses his imagina- ry Chloris or Phyllis sometimes in flowers fading as her beauty , and sometimes in gems lasting ...
... fancy , and ransacks his memory , for images which may exhibit the gaiety of hope , or the gloominess of despair ; and dresses his imagina- ry Chloris or Phyllis sometimes in flowers fading as her beauty , and sometimes in gems lasting ...
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... fancy behind them ; and produced combinations of confused magnificence , that not only could not be credited , but could not be imagined . Yet great labour , directed by great abilities , is never wholly lost ; if they frequently threw ...
... fancy behind them ; and produced combinations of confused magnificence , that not only could not be credited , but could not be imagined . Yet great labour , directed by great abilities , is never wholly lost ; if they frequently threw ...
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... fancy dost much higher stand , Than woman can be plac'd by nature's hand ; And I must needs , I'm sure , a loser be , To change thee as thou'rt there , for very thee . That prayer and labour should co - operate , are thus taught by ...
... fancy dost much higher stand , Than woman can be plac'd by nature's hand ; And I must needs , I'm sure , a loser be , To change thee as thou'rt there , for very thee . That prayer and labour should co - operate , are thus taught by ...
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... fancy , such facility of ex- pression , such varied similitude , such a succession of images , and such a dance of words , it is in vain to expect except from Cowley . His strength always appears in his agility ; his volatility is not ...
... fancy , such facility of ex- pression , such varied similitude , such a succession of images , and such a dance of words , it is in vain to expect except from Cowley . His strength always appears in his agility ; his volatility is not ...
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... justice to Pindar , observe , that whatever is said of " the original new moon , her tender forehead and her horns , " is superadded by his paraphrast , who has many other plays of words and fancy unsuitable to COWLEY . 43.
... justice to Pindar , observe , that whatever is said of " the original new moon , her tender forehead and her horns , " is superadded by his paraphrast , who has many other plays of words and fancy unsuitable to COWLEY . 43.
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