The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their WorksG. Clark and son, 1847 - 644 pàgines |
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... labour . Among the English poets , Cowley , Milton , and Pope , might be said " to lisp in numbers ; " and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy minds seem ...
... labour . Among the English poets , Cowley , Milton , and Pope , might be said " to lisp in numbers ; " and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy minds seem ...
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... labour , directed by great abilities , is never wholly lost ; if they frequently threw away their wit , upon false conceits , they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth : if their con- ceits were far - fetched , they were often ...
... labour , directed by great abilities , is never wholly lost ; if they frequently threw away their wit , upon false conceits , they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth : if their con- ceits were far - fetched , they were often ...
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... labour should co - operate , are thus taught by Donne : In none but us are such mix'd engines found , As hands of double office ; for the ground We till with them ; and them to heaven we raise ; Who prayerless labours , or , without ...
... labour should co - operate , are thus taught by Donne : In none but us are such mix'd engines found , As hands of double office ; for the ground We till with them ; and them to heaven we raise ; Who prayerless labours , or , without ...
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... labour pay With good unsought experiments by the way . Some that have deeper digg'd Love's mine than I , Say , where his centric happiness doth lie : I have lov'd , and got , and told ; But should I love , get , tell , till I were old ...
... labour pay With good unsought experiments by the way . Some that have deeper digg'd Love's mine than I , Say , where his centric happiness doth lie : I have lov'd , and got , and told ; But should I love , get , tell , till I were old ...
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... labour'd birth of slavish brain , Not the effect of poetry , but pains ; Cheap vulgar arts , whose narrowness affords No flight for thoughts , but poorly stick at words . A new and nobler way thou dost pursue , To make translations and ...
... labour'd birth of slavish brain , Not the effect of poetry , but pains ; Cheap vulgar arts , whose narrowness affords No flight for thoughts , but poorly stick at words . A new and nobler way thou dost pursue , To make translations and ...
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