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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... teachers never could bring it to retain the ordinary rules of grammar . " This is an instance of the natural desire of man to propagate a wonder . It is surely very difficult- to tell any thing as it was heard , when 2 COWLEY .
... teachers never could bring it to retain the ordinary rules of grammar . " This is an instance of the natural desire of man to propagate a wonder . It is surely very difficult- to tell any thing as it was heard , when 2 COWLEY .
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... nature for literary politeness . But in the author's own honest relation , the marvel vanishes he was , he says , such an enemy to all constraint , that his master never could prevail on him to learn the rules without book . " He does ...
... nature for literary politeness . But in the author's own honest relation , the marvel vanishes he was , he says , such an enemy to all constraint , that his master never could prevail on him to learn the rules without book . " He does ...
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... natural ; it is natural likewise for the lover to solicit reciprocal regard by an ela- borate display of his own qualifications . The desire of pleasing has in different men produced actions of heroism , and effusions of wit ; but it ...
... natural ; it is natural likewise for the lover to solicit reciprocal regard by an ela- borate display of his own qualifications . The desire of pleasing has in different men produced actions of heroism , and effusions of wit ; but it ...
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... nature to the choice of man , has its changes and fashions , and at different times takes different forms . About the beginning of the seventeenth century , appeared a race of writers that may be termed the metaphy- sical poets ; of ...
... nature to the choice of man , has its changes and fashions , and at different times takes different forms . About the beginning of the seventeenth century , appeared a race of writers that may be termed the metaphy- sical poets ; of ...
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... natural and new , that which , though not obvious , is , upon its first production , acknowledged to be just ; if it be ... nature and art are ransacked for illustra- tions , comparisons , and allusions ; their learning instructs , and ...
... natural and new , that which , though not obvious , is , upon its first production , acknowledged to be just ; if it be ... nature and art are ransacked for illustra- tions , comparisons , and allusions ; their learning instructs , and ...
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