The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 1Stone and Kimball, 1896 |
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... genius to dignify . The miracle of creation , however it may teem with images , is best described with little diffusion of language : He spake the word , and they were made . We are told that Saul was troubled with an evil spirit ; from ...
... genius to dignify . The miracle of creation , however it may teem with images , is best described with little diffusion of language : He spake the word , and they were made . We are told that Saul was troubled with an evil spirit ; from ...
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... genius born to improve the literature of his country . When he was , three years afterwards , removed to Lincoln's Inn , he prosecuted the common law with sufficient appearance of application ; yet did not lose his propensity to cards ...
... genius born to improve the literature of his country . When he was , three years afterwards , removed to Lincoln's Inn , he prosecuted the common law with sufficient appearance of application ; yet did not lose his propensity to cards ...
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... genius , who yet , by a mistaken ambition of exactness , degraded at once their originals and themselves . Denham saw the better way , but has not pursued it with great success . His versions of Virgil are not pleasing ; but they taught ...
... genius , who yet , by a mistaken ambition of exactness , degraded at once their originals and themselves . Denham saw the better way , but has not pursued it with great success . His versions of Virgil are not pleasing ; but they taught ...
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... genius had fallen upon too old a world , or too chill a climate , might consistently magnify to himself the influence of the seasons , and believe his faculties to be vigorous only half the year . His submission to the seasons was at ...
... genius had fallen upon too old a world , or too chill a climate , might consistently magnify to himself the influence of the seasons , and believe his faculties to be vigorous only half the year . His submission to the seasons was at ...
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... genius . The demand did not immediately increase ; for many more readers than were supplied at first the nation did not afford . Only three thousand were sold in eleven years ; for it forced its way without assistance : its admirers did ...
... genius . The demand did not immediately increase ; for many more readers than were supplied at first the nation did not afford . Only three thousand were sold in eleven years ; for it forced its way without assistance : its admirers did ...
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