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Pàgina xix
... it is found . He who thus grieves will excite no sympathy : he who thus praises will confer no honour . ' The canon of sincerity , then , is perhaps , • • ... after all , of much the same value as the THE LIVES OF THE POETS xix.
... it is found . He who thus grieves will excite no sympathy : he who thus praises will confer no honour . ' The canon of sincerity , then , is perhaps , • • ... after all , of much the same value as the THE LIVES OF THE POETS xix.
Pàgina xxi
... honours . ' Well ; and having thus explicitly cited and impanelled his jury , what weight does he attach to its verdict ? Exactly none , when it conflicts with his own . The common sense of readers un- corrupted with literary prejudices ...
... honours . ' Well ; and having thus explicitly cited and impanelled his jury , what weight does he attach to its verdict ? Exactly none , when it conflicts with his own . The common sense of readers un- corrupted with literary prejudices ...
Pàgina 4
... honour . So wide was his province of intelligence , that , for several years , it filled all his days and two or three nights in the week . In the year 1647 , his Mistress was published ; for he imagined , as he declared in his preface ...
... honour . So wide was his province of intelligence , that , for several years , it filled all his days and two or three nights in the week . In the year 1647 , his Mistress was published ; for he imagined , as he declared in his preface ...
Pàgina 8
... honour of his country . Considering Botany as necessary to a physician , he retired into Kent to gather plants ; and as the predominance of a favourite study affects all subordinate operations of the intellect , Botany in the mind of ...
... honour of his country . Considering Botany as necessary to a physician , he retired into Kent to gather plants ; and as the predominance of a favourite study affects all subordinate operations of the intellect , Botany in the mind of ...
Pàgina 23
... honour , Cleiveland has paralleled it with the sun : - ' The moderate value of our guiltless ore Makes no man atheist , and no woman whore ; Yet why should hallow'd vestal's sacred shrine Deserve more honour than a flaming mine ? These ...
... honour , Cleiveland has paralleled it with the sun : - ' The moderate value of our guiltless ore Makes no man atheist , and no woman whore ; Yet why should hallow'd vestal's sacred shrine Deserve more honour than a flaming mine ? These ...
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