The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 1Stone and Kimball, 1896 |
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Pàgina xii
... reason . ' ' Works of imagination excel by their allurement and delight ; by their -power of attracting and detaining the attention . That book is good in vain which the reader throws away . ' Once more : ' Tediousness is the most fatal ...
... reason . ' ' Works of imagination excel by their allurement and delight ; by their -power of attracting and detaining the attention . That book is good in vain which the reader throws away . ' Once more : ' Tediousness is the most fatal ...
Pàgina xviii
... reason predominated , ' as often as ' quick sensi- bility ' ; and in his occasional fits of ' obstinate rationality , ' he adds to the principles already illustrated a canon of sincerity as misleading as it is plausible . Who , indeed ...
... reason predominated , ' as often as ' quick sensi- bility ' ; and in his occasional fits of ' obstinate rationality , ' he adds to the principles already illustrated a canon of sincerity as misleading as it is plausible . Who , indeed ...
Pàgina 3
... reason to suspect that his father was a sectary . Whoever he was , he died before the birth of his son , and consequently left him to the care of his mother ; whom Wood represents as struggling earnestly to procure him a literary ...
... reason to suspect that his father was a sectary . Whoever he was , he died before the birth of his son , and consequently left him to the care of his mother ; whom Wood represents as struggling earnestly to procure him a literary ...
Pàgina 9
... reason to think that Cowley promised little . It does not appear that his compliance gained him confidence enough to be trusted without security , for the bond of his bail was never cancelled ; nor that it made him think himself secure ...
... reason to think that Cowley promised little . It does not appear that his compliance gained him confidence enough to be trusted without security , for the bond of his bail was never cancelled ; nor that it made him think himself secure ...
Pàgina 10
... reason for supposing that he ever attempted practice ; but his preparatory studies have contributed some- thing to the honour of his country . Considering Botany as necessary to a physician , he retired into Kent to gather plants ; and ...
... reason for supposing that he ever attempted practice ; but his preparatory studies have contributed some- thing to the honour of his country . Considering Botany as necessary to a physician , he retired into Kent to gather plants ; and ...
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