Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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... believe the writer not to have been conscious . Such is the power of reputation justly acquired , that its blaze drives away the eye from nice examination . Surely no man could have fancied that he read Lycidas with pleasure , had he ...
... believe the writer not to have been conscious . Such is the power of reputation justly acquired , that its blaze drives away the eye from nice examination . Surely no man could have fancied that he read Lycidas with pleasure , had he ...
Page 150
... believe , that much was imputed to him which he did not write . I know not by whom the original collection was made , or by what authority its genuineness was ascertained . The first edi- tion was published in the year of his death ...
... believe , that much was imputed to him which he did not write . I know not by whom the original collection was made , or by what authority its genuineness was ascertained . The first edi- tion was published in the year of his death ...
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... believe ? He has been described as magisterially presiding over the younger writers , and assuming the distribution of poetical fame ; but he who excels has a right to teach , and he whose judgement is incontestable may , without usurpa ...
... believe ? He has been described as magisterially presiding over the younger writers , and assuming the distribution of poetical fame ; but he who excels has a right to teach , and he whose judgement is incontestable may , without usurpa ...
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