The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volume 1 |
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... perhaps fometimes for- gotten , produce that particular defignation of mind , and propensity for fome certain science or employment , which is com- monly called Genius . The true Genius is a mind of large general powers , acci- dentally ...
... perhaps fometimes for- gotten , produce that particular defignation of mind , and propensity for fome certain science or employment , which is com- monly called Genius . The true Genius is a mind of large general powers , acci- dentally ...
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... perhaps , has a right , in things admitting of grada- tion and comparison , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , and totally to ex- clude diffidence and fhame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence . For the rejection of ...
... perhaps , has a right , in things admitting of grada- tion and comparison , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , and totally to ex- clude diffidence and fhame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence . For the rejection of ...
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... of a laureat ; a mode of fatire , by which , fince it was firft introduced by Suckling , perhaps every generation of poets has been teazed . C 3 Savoy Savoy miffing Cowley came into the court , Making apologies COWL É Y. 21.
... of a laureat ; a mode of fatire , by which , fince it was firft introduced by Suckling , perhaps every generation of poets has been teazed . C 3 Savoy Savoy miffing Cowley came into the court , Making apologies COWL É Y. 21.
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... perhaps in groff- nefs of expreffion , but useful to those who know their value ; and fuch as , when they are expanded to perfpicuity , and polished to elegance , may give luftre to works which have more propriety , though less ...
... perhaps in groff- nefs of expreffion , but useful to those who know their value ; and fuch as , when they are expanded to perfpicuity , and polished to elegance , may give luftre to works which have more propriety , though less ...
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... perhaps cry out - Confufion worse confounded ! Here lies a fhe fan , and a he moon here , She gives the beft light to his fphere , Or each is both , and all , and so They unto one another nothing owe . DONNE . Who but Donne would have ...
... perhaps cry out - Confufion worse confounded ! Here lies a fhe fan , and a he moon here , She gives the beft light to his fphere , Or each is both , and all , and so They unto one another nothing owe . DONNE . Who but Donne would have ...
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