Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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Page 117
... supply the writer with the rudiments of narration , which he must improve and exalt by a nobler art , must animate by dramatick energy , and diversify by retrospection and anticipation ; morality must teach him the exact bounds , and ...
... supply the writer with the rudiments of narration , which he must improve and exalt by a nobler art , must animate by dramatick energy , and diversify by retrospection and anticipation ; morality must teach him the exact bounds , and ...
Page 143
... supply materials to be combined . Butler's treasures of knowledge appear proportioned to his ex- pence : whatever topick employs his mind , he shews him- self qualified to expand and illustrate it with all the accessories that books can ...
... supply materials to be combined . Butler's treasures of knowledge appear proportioned to his ex- pence : whatever topick employs his mind , he shews him- self qualified to expand and illustrate it with all the accessories that books can ...
Page 187
... supply . Charles had yet only the merit of struggling without success , and suffering without despair . A life of escapes and indigence could supply poetry with no splendid images . In the first parliament summoned by Charles the Second ...
... supply . Charles had yet only the merit of struggling without success , and suffering without despair . A life of escapes and indigence could supply poetry with no splendid images . In the first parliament summoned by Charles the Second ...
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