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Pàgina xx
... to the genuineness of the admiration for Milton professed by ' readers of every class . ' The other method is to nominate a body of men - be its number great or small - whose determination shall settle the XX INTRODUCTION TO.
... to the genuineness of the admiration for Milton professed by ' readers of every class . ' The other method is to nominate a body of men - be its number great or small - whose determination shall settle the XX INTRODUCTION TO.
Pàgina xxxi
... , the greatest among ' those incomparable works which . . will be read and admired so long as the English language shall be spoken or understood . ' J. H. MILLAR . LIVES OF THE POETS COWLEY THE Life of Cowley , THE LIVES OF THE POETS xxxi.
... , the greatest among ' those incomparable works which . . will be read and admired so long as the English language shall be spoken or understood . ' J. H. MILLAR . LIVES OF THE POETS COWLEY THE Life of Cowley , THE LIVES OF THE POETS xxxi.
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... admires , is seldom pleased . From this account of their compositions it will be readily in- ferred , that they were ... admiration . Sublimity is produced by aggregation , and littleness by dispersion . Great thoughts are always general ...
... admires , is seldom pleased . From this account of their compositions it will be readily in- ferred , that they were ... admiration . Sublimity is produced by aggregation , and littleness by dispersion . Great thoughts are always general ...
Pàgina 18
... 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 orchard grew ; The phoenix ...
... 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 orchard grew ; The phoenix ...
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... admire No sun , but warm's devotion at our fire : He'd leave the trotting whipster , and prefer Our profound Vulcan ' bove that waggoner . For wants he heat , or light ? or would have store Of both ? ' tis here : and what can suns give ...
... admire No sun , but warm's devotion at our fire : He'd leave the trotting whipster , and prefer Our profound Vulcan ' bove that waggoner . For wants he heat , or light ? or would have store Of both ? ' tis here : and what can suns give ...
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