Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1J. Murray, 1854 - 395 pàgines |
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... labour . He wrote with great facility , and from the nearness of his vision in a manner almost peculiar to himself . It was his habit to form each sentence in his mind before committing any por- tion of it to paper . " Of composition ...
... labour . He wrote with great facility , and from the nearness of his vision in a manner almost peculiar to himself . It was his habit to form each sentence in his mind before committing any por- tion of it to paper . " Of composition ...
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... labour.1 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 seems ...
... labour.1 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 seems ...
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... labour , directed by great abilities , is never wholly lost if they frequently threw away their wit upon false con- ceits , they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth ; if their conceits were far - fetched , they were often ...
... labour , directed by great abilities , is never wholly lost if they frequently threw away their wit upon false con- ceits , they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth ; if their conceits 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 mixt 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 mixt 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 . " COWLEY : Maidenhead . " 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 ...
... labour pay With good unsought experiments by the way . " COWLEY : Maidenhead . " 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 ...
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