Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1926 - English poetry |
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... mind of large general powers , accidentally determined to some particular direction . Sir Joshua Reynolds , the ... minds seems scarcely credible . But of the learned puerilities of Cowley there is no doubt , since 2 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... mind of large general powers , accidentally determined to some particular direction . Sir Joshua Reynolds , the ... minds seems scarcely credible . But of the learned puerilities of Cowley there is no doubt , since 2 LIVES OF THE POETS.
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... mind sinks under them in passive helplessness , content with calm belief and humble adoration . Known truths , however , may take a different appearance , and be conveyed to the mind by a new train of intermediate images . This Milton ...
... mind sinks under them in passive helplessness , content with calm belief and humble adoration . Known truths , however , may take a different appearance , and be conveyed to the mind by a new train of intermediate images . This Milton ...
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... mind of the greatest powers may be indebted without disgrace . Cervantes shews a man , who having , by the inces- sant perusal of incredible tales , subjected his under- standing to his imagination , and familiarized his mind by ...
... mind of the greatest powers may be indebted without disgrace . Cervantes shews a man , who having , by the inces- sant perusal of incredible tales , subjected his under- standing to his imagination , and familiarized his mind by ...
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