The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their WorksG. Clark and son, 1847 - 644 pàgines |
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... reader , far from wondering that he missed them , wonders more frequently by what perverseness of industry they were ever found . But wit abstracted from its effects upon the hearer , may be more rigorously and philosophically ...
... reader , far from wondering that he missed them , wonders more frequently by what perverseness of industry they were ever found . But wit abstracted from its effects upon the hearer , may be more rigorously and philosophically ...
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... reader commonly thinks his im- provement dearly bought , and , though he sometimes admires , is seldom pleased . From this account of their compositions it will be readily infer- red , that they are not successful in representing or ...
... reader commonly thinks his im- provement dearly bought , and , though he sometimes admires , is seldom pleased . From this account of their compositions it will be readily infer- red , that they are not successful in representing or ...
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... reader may perhaps cry out- Confusion worse Confounded ! Here lies a she sun . and a he moon here , She gives the best light to his sphere , Or each is both . and all . and so They unto one another nothing owe . DONNE . Who but Donne ...
... reader may perhaps cry out- Confusion worse Confounded ! Here lies a she sun . and a he moon here , She gives the best light to his sphere , Or each is both . and all . and so They unto one another nothing owe . DONNE . Who but Donne ...
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... reader of less skill seem thrown together by chance , are con catenated without any abruption . Though the English Ode cannot be called a translation , it may be very properly consulted as a com mentary . The spirit of Pindar is indeed ...
... reader of less skill seem thrown together by chance , are con catenated without any abruption . Though the English Ode cannot be called a translation , it may be very properly consulted as a com mentary . The spirit of Pindar is indeed ...
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... reader too that sits not sure . The fault of Cowley , and perhaps of all the writers of the meta- physical race , is that of pursuing his thoughts to the last ramifica- tions , by which he loses the grandeur of generality ; for of the ...
... reader too that sits not sure . The fault of Cowley , and perhaps of all the writers of the meta- physical race , is that of pursuing his thoughts to the last ramifica- tions , by which he loses the grandeur of generality ; for of the ...
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