Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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Samuel Johnson, George Birkbeck Norman Hill. But Wit , abstracted from its effects upon the hearer , may be more ... effect is sudden astonishment , and the second rational admiration . Sublimity is pro- duced by aggregation , and ...
Samuel Johnson, George Birkbeck Norman Hill. But Wit , abstracted from its effects upon the hearer , may be more ... effect is sudden astonishment , and the second rational admiration . Sublimity is pro- duced by aggregation , and ...
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... effect . Port- land sent ( June 29 ) a letter to the Lords , to tell them , that he is in custody , as he conceives ... effects of Mr. Waller's threats , by a long and close imprisonment ; but may be speedily brought to a legal trial ...
... effect . Port- land sent ( June 29 ) a letter to the Lords , to tell them , that he is in custody , as he conceives ... effects of Mr. Waller's threats , by a long and close imprisonment ; but may be speedily brought to a legal trial ...
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... effects produced by observing them were so happy , that I know not whether they were ever opposed but by Sir Edward ... effect : will is wanting to power , or power to will , or both are impeded by external obstructions . The exigences ...
... effects produced by observing them were so happy , that I know not whether they were ever opposed but by Sir Edward ... effect : will is wanting to power , or power to will , or both are impeded by external obstructions . The exigences ...
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