Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1J. Murray, 1854 - 395 pàgines |
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Pàgina xvii
... perhaps trace his par- tiality to another cause . It was the first written of the series , and cost more trouble than any of the others — for he had to turn to books , and read not only Cowley , Donne , and Cleve- land , but to ...
... perhaps trace his par- tiality to another cause . It was the first written of the series , and cost more trouble than any of the others — for he had to turn to books , and read not only Cowley , Donne , and Cleve- land , but to ...
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... perhaps sometimes forgotten , produce that particular designation of mind , and propensity for some certain science or employment , which is commonly called genius . The true genius is a mind of large general powers , accidentally de ...
... perhaps sometimes forgotten , produce that particular designation of mind , and propensity for some certain science or employment , which is commonly called genius . The true genius is a mind of large general powers , accidentally de ...
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... perhaps he tells us the most rigid officer of state would have thought that they deserved . Three books of the Civil War , reaching as far as the first battle of Newbury , perished thus voluntarily on the part of the complying Cowley ...
... perhaps he tells us the most rigid officer of state would have thought that they deserved . Three books of the Civil War , reaching as far as the first battle of Newbury , perished thus voluntarily on the part of the complying Cowley ...
Pàgina 14
... perhaps , has a right , in things admitting of gradation and comparison , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , and totally to exclude diffidence and shame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence . For the rejection of ...
... perhaps , has a right , in things admitting of gradation and comparison , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , and totally to exclude diffidence and shame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence . For the rejection of ...
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... perhaps more desirous of being admired than understood , they sometimes drew their conceits from recesses of learning not very much frequented by common readers of poetry . Thus Cowley on Knowledge : " The sacred tree midst the fair ...
... perhaps more desirous of being admired than understood , they sometimes drew their conceits from recesses of learning not very much frequented by common readers of poetry . Thus Cowley on Knowledge : " The sacred tree midst the fair ...
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