The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their WorksG. Clark and son, 1847 - 644 pàgines |
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... says , such " an enemy to all constraint , that his master never could prevail on him to learn the rules without book . " He does not tell that he could not learn the rules , but that , being able to perform his exercises without them ...
... says , such " an enemy to all constraint , that his master never could prevail on him to learn the rules without book . " He does not tell that he could not learn the rules , but that , being able to perform his exercises without them ...
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... says he , " is the only thing now in which we are vitally concerned : am one of the last hopers , and yet can- not now abstain from believing that an agreement will be made ; all people upon the place incline to that of union . The ...
... says he , " is the only thing now in which we are vitally concerned : am one of the last hopers , and yet can- not now abstain from believing that an agreement will be made ; all people upon the place incline to that of union . The ...
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... say : Nor would he have had ' tis thought , a rebuke , Unless he had done some notable folly : Writ verses unjustly in praise ... says the courtly Sprat , " weary of the vexations and formalities of an active condition . He had been long ...
... say : Nor would he have had ' tis thought , a rebuke , Unless he had done some notable folly : Writ verses unjustly in praise ... says the courtly Sprat , " weary of the vexations and formalities of an active condition . He had been long ...
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... says of the stone with which Cain slew his brother , I saw him fling the stone , as if he meant At once his murther and his monument . Of the sword taken - from Goliah , he says , A sword so great , that it was only fit To cut off his ...
... says of the stone with which Cain slew his brother , I saw him fling the stone , as if he meant At once his murther and his monument . Of the sword taken - from Goliah , he says , A sword so great , that it was only fit To cut off his ...
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... says he , " the poet with all his care , has not totally purged from pedantry . " If by pedantry is meant that minute knowledge which is derived from particular sciences and studies , in opposition to the general notions supplied by a ...
... says he , " the poet with all his care , has not totally purged from pedantry . " If by pedantry is meant that minute knowledge which is derived from particular sciences and studies , in opposition to the general notions supplied by a ...
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