The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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... least , from Sprat's account , that he always acknowledged her care , and justly paid the dues of filial gratitude . In the window of his mother's apartment lay Spenser's Fairy Queen ; in which he very early took delight to read , till ...
... least , from Sprat's account , that he always acknowledged her care , and justly paid the dues of filial gratitude . In the window of his mother's apartment lay Spenser's Fairy Queen ; in which he very early took delight to read , till ...
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... least ne- cessary to read and think . No man could be born a metaphy- sical poet nor assume the dignity of a writer , by descriptions copied from descriptions , by imitations borrowed from imita- tions , by traditional imagery , and ...
... least ne- cessary to read and think . No man could be born a metaphy- sical poet nor assume the dignity of a writer , by descriptions copied from descriptions , by imitations borrowed from imita- tions , by traditional imagery , and ...
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... least the powers of reflection and comparison are employed ; and , in the mass of materials which ingenious absurdity has thrown together , genuine wit and useful knowledge may be sometimes found buried perhaps in grossness of ...
... least the powers of reflection and comparison are employed ; and , in the mass of materials which ingenious absurdity has thrown together , genuine wit and useful knowledge may be sometimes found buried perhaps in grossness of ...
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... least a sigh or two , Such and so many I'll repay As shall themselves make wings to get to you . COWLEY . In tears I'll waste these eyes , By Love so vainly fed ; So lust of old the Deluge punished . COWLEY . All arm'd in brass , the ...
... least a sigh or two , Such and so many I'll repay As shall themselves make wings to get to you . COWLEY . In tears I'll waste these eyes , By Love so vainly fed ; So lust of old the Deluge punished . COWLEY . All arm'd in brass , the ...
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... to this was Pindur's style ! Even those who cannot perhaps find in the Isthmian or Nemean songs what antiquity has disposed them to expect , Johnson's Lives . I. 3 will at least see that they are ill - represented COWLEY . 33.
... to this was Pindur's style ! Even those who cannot perhaps find in the Isthmian or Nemean songs what antiquity has disposed them to expect , Johnson's Lives . I. 3 will at least see that they are ill - represented COWLEY . 33.
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