Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1J. Murray, 1854 - 395 pàgines |
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... imagination and elegance of language have de- servedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration rather than a history : he has given the character ...
... imagination and elegance of language have de- servedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration rather than a history : he has given the character ...
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... imagination is not always gratified , at least the powers of reflection and comparison are employed ; and in the mass of materials which ingenious absurdity has thrown together , genuine wit and useful knowledge may be sometimes found ...
... imagination is not always gratified , at least the powers of reflection and comparison are employed ; and in the mass of materials which ingenious absurdity has thrown together , genuine wit and useful knowledge may be sometimes found ...
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... imagining how his crown of bays , if he had it , would crackle in the fire . It is the odd fate of this thought to be worse for being true . The bay- leaf crackles remarkably as it burns ; as therefore this property was not assigned it ...
... imagining how his crown of bays , if he had it , would crackle in the fire . It is the odd fate of this thought to be worse for being true . The bay- leaf crackles remarkably as it burns ; as therefore this property was not assigned it ...
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... imagination over - awed and controlled . We have been accustomed to acquiesce in the nakedness and sim- plicity of the authentic narrative , and to repose on its veracity with such humble confidence as suppresses curiosity . We go with ...
... imagination over - awed and controlled . We have been accustomed to acquiesce in the nakedness and sim- plicity of the authentic narrative , and to repose on its veracity with such humble confidence as suppresses curiosity . We go with ...
Pàgina 47
... imagination to place us in the state of them whose story is related , and by consequence their joys and griefs are not easily adopted , nor can the attention be often interested in anything that befalls them . To the subject thus ...
... imagination to place us in the state of them whose story is related , and by consequence their joys and griefs are not easily adopted , nor can the attention be often interested in anything that befalls them . To the subject thus ...
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