The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 1Methuen, 1896 |
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Pàgina ix
... original design , and became much more than a set of little lives and little prefaces to a little edition of the English poets ; that the first four volumes appeared in 1779 and the remaining six in 1781 ; and that the Lives were soon ...
... original design , and became much more than a set of little lives and little prefaces to a little edition of the English poets ; that the first four volumes appeared in 1779 and the remaining six in 1781 ; and that the Lives were soon ...
Pàgina xvi
... original : I have never seen the notions in any other place ; yet he that reads them here persuades himself that he has always felt them . ' In the same way , the vocabulary of a poet must be formed upon the plan of embracing ' that ...
... original : I have never seen the notions in any other place ; yet he that reads them here persuades himself that he has always felt them . ' In the same way , the vocabulary of a poet must be formed upon the plan of embracing ' that ...
Pàgina 4
... original to the fame of Petrarch , who , in an age rude and uncultivated , by his tuneful homage to his Laura , refined the manners of the lettered world , and filled Europe with love and poetry . But the basis of all excellence is ...
... original to the fame of Petrarch , who , in an age rude and uncultivated , by his tuneful homage to his Laura , refined the manners of the lettered world , and filled Europe with love and poetry . But the basis of all excellence is ...
Pàgina 14
... original import means exility of particles , is taken in its metaphorical meaning for nicety of distinction . Those writers who lay on the watch for novelty could have little hope of greatness ; for great things cannot have escaped ...
... original import means exility of particles , is taken in its metaphorical meaning for nicety of distinction . Those writers who lay on the watch for novelty could have little hope of greatness ; for great things cannot have escaped ...
Pàgina 26
... original sin , Such charms thy beauty wears as might Desires in dying confest saints excite . Thou with strange adultery Dost in each breast a brothel keep ; Awake , all men do lust for thee , And some enjoy thee when they sleep . ' The ...
... original sin , Such charms thy beauty wears as might Desires in dying confest saints excite . Thou with strange adultery Dost in each breast a brothel keep ; Awake , all men do lust for thee , And some enjoy thee when they sleep . ' The ...
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