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... sentiment . This kind of writing , which was , I believe , bor- rowed from Marino and his followers , had been ... sentiments . When their reputation was high , they had un- doubtedly more imitators than time has left behind ...
... sentiment . This kind of writing , which was , I believe , bor- rowed from Marino and his followers , had been ... sentiments . When their reputation was high , they had un- doubtedly more imitators than time has left behind ...
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... sentiments and the diction . The sentiments , as expressive of manners , or ap- propriated to characters , are for the greater part un- exceptionally just . Splendid passages , containing lessons of morality , or precepts of prudence ...
... sentiments and the diction . The sentiments , as expressive of manners , or ap- propriated to characters , are for the greater part un- exceptionally just . Splendid passages , containing lessons of morality , or precepts of prudence ...
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Samuel Johnson. curiosity ; by reviving natural sentiments , or impress- ing new appearances of things : sentences ... sentiment . What he had of humorous or passionate , he seems to have had not from nature , but from other poets ...
Samuel Johnson. curiosity ; by reviving natural sentiments , or impress- ing new appearances of things : sentences ... sentiment . What he had of humorous or passionate , he seems to have had not from nature , but from other poets ...
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From The Life of Abraham Cowley | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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