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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... least I might , by attention and en- quiry , have gleaned many particulars which would have diversified and enlivened my biography . These omissions , which it is now useless to lament , have been often supplied by the kindness of Mr ...
... least I might , by attention and en- quiry , have gleaned many particulars which would have diversified and enlivened my biography . These omissions , which it is now useless to lament , have been often supplied by the kindness of Mr ...
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... least , from Sprat's account , that he always acknowledged her care , and justly paid the dues of filial gratitude . In the window of his mother's apartment lay Spenser's Fairy Queen ; in which he very early took delight to read , till ...
... least , from Sprat's account , that he always acknowledged her care , and justly paid the dues of filial gratitude . In the window of his mother's apartment lay Spenser's Fairy Queen ; in which he very early took delight to read , till ...
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... least necessary to read and think . No man could be born a metaphy- sical poet , nor assume the dignity of a writer , by descriptions copied from descriptions , by imitations borrowed from imitations , by traditional imagery , and ...
... least necessary to read and think . No man could be born a metaphy- sical poet , nor assume the dignity of a writer , by descriptions copied from descriptions , by imitations borrowed from imitations , by traditional imagery , and ...
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... live by the fleet Gregorian . CLEIVELAND . Of enormous and disgusting hyperboles , these may be examples : By every wind that comes this way , Send me at least a sigh or two , Such and so many I'll repay As shall themselves make 26 COWLEY .
... live by the fleet Gregorian . CLEIVELAND . Of enormous and disgusting hyperboles , these may be examples : By every wind that comes this way , Send me at least a sigh or two , Such and so many I'll repay As shall themselves make 26 COWLEY .
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... least see that they are ill repre- sented by such puny poetry ; and all will determine , that if this be the old Theban strain , it is not worthy of revival . To the disproportion and incongruity of Cow- ley's sentiments must be added ...
... least see that they are ill repre- sented by such puny poetry ; and all will determine , that if this be the old Theban strain , it is not worthy of revival . To the disproportion and incongruity of Cow- ley's sentiments must be added ...
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