Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1926 - English poetry |
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... learning , and to show their learning was their whole endeavour ; but , unluckily resolving to shew it in rhyme , instead of writing poetry , they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better ...
... learning , and to show their learning was their whole endeavour ; but , unluckily resolving to shew it in rhyme , instead of writing poetry , they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better ...
Page 299
... Learning once made popular is no longer learning ; it has the appearance of something which we have be- stowed upon ourselves , as the dew appears to rise from the field which it refreshes . To judge rightly of an author , we must ...
... Learning once made popular is no longer learning ; it has the appearance of something which we have be- stowed upon ourselves , as the dew appears to rise from the field which it refreshes . To judge rightly of an author , we must ...
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... learning preserved his principles ; he grew first regular , and then pious . His studies had been so various , that I am not able to name a man of equal knowledge . His acquaint- ance with books was great ; and what he did not ...
... learning preserved his principles ; he grew first regular , and then pious . His studies had been so various , that I am not able to name a man of equal knowledge . His acquaint- ance with books was great ; and what he did not ...
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