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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... original to the fame of Petarch , who , in an age rude and uncultivated , by his tuneful homage to his Laura , refined the manners of the lettered world , and filled Europe with love and poetry . But the basis of all excellence is truth ...
... original to the fame of Petarch , who , in an age rude and uncultivated , by his tuneful homage to his Laura , refined the manners of the lettered world , and filled Europe with love and poetry . But the basis of all excellence is truth ...
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... original import means exility of particles , is taken in its metaphorical meaning for nicety of distinction . Those writers who lay on the watch for novelty , could have little hope of greatness ; for great things cannot have escaped ...
... original import means exility of particles , is taken in its metaphorical meaning for nicety of distinction . Those writers who lay on the watch for novelty , could have little hope of greatness ; for great things cannot have escaped ...
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... original sin , Such charms thy beauty wears , as might Desires in dying confest saints excite . Thou with strange adultery Dost in each breast a brothel keep ; Awake , all men do lust for thee , And some enjoy thee when they sleep . The ...
... original sin , Such charms thy beauty wears , as might Desires in dying confest saints excite . Thou with strange adultery Dost in each breast a brothel keep ; Awake , all men do lust for thee , And some enjoy thee when they sleep . The ...
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... original in elegance , and the conclusion below it in strength . The connection is supplied with great perspicuity ; and the thoughts , which to a reader of less skill seem thrown together by chance , are concatenated without any ...
... original in elegance , and the conclusion below it in strength . The connection is supplied with great perspicuity ; and the thoughts , which to a reader of less skill seem thrown together by chance , are concatenated without any ...
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Samuel Johnson. has many other plays of words and fancy unsuitable to the original , as The table , free from every guest , No doubt will thee admit , And feast more upon thee , than thou on it . He sometimes extends his author's ...
Samuel Johnson. has many other plays of words and fancy unsuitable to the original , as The table , free from every guest , No doubt will thee admit , And feast more upon thee , than thou on it . He sometimes extends his author's ...
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