Lives of the English Poets: Cowley-DrydenClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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Page xi
... writes , ' among those whose canon of taste was contained in the Edinburgh Review . I sat , as it were , at the feet of Jeffrey and Macaulay . Not a doubt did I ever hear cast on their infallibility . In them was contained all the law ...
... writes , ' among those whose canon of taste was contained in the Edinburgh Review . I sat , as it were , at the feet of Jeffrey and Macaulay . Not a doubt did I ever hear cast on their infallibility . In them was contained all the law ...
Page xv
... writes , ' became my inseparable companions . Before long I began to note the parallel passages and allusions . ' In his reviewing it fell to his lot to criticize works that bore both on Boswell and Johnson , and his love and know ...
... writes , ' became my inseparable companions . Before long I began to note the parallel passages and allusions . ' In his reviewing it fell to his lot to criticize works that bore both on Boswell and Johnson , and his love and know ...
Page xvii
... writes , ' allowed of no rival , and my work made scarcely any advance . ' It was not until the third winter spent at San Remo that his strength began to return and he could again resume his work . With all these interruptions the ...
... writes , ' allowed of no rival , and my work made scarcely any advance . ' It was not until the third winter spent at San Remo that his strength began to return and he could again resume his work . With all these interruptions the ...
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... writes , ' my aim has been not only to make every letter clear , but also to bring before my readers the thoughts and the feelings of Hume's contemporaries in regard to the subject which he discusses . ' He quotes with approval Hume's ...
... writes , ' my aim has been not only to make every letter clear , but also to bring before my readers the thoughts and the feelings of Hume's contemporaries in regard to the subject which he discusses . ' He quotes with approval Hume's ...
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... writes with so little detail that scarcely any thing is distinctly known , but all is shewn confused and enlarged through the mist of panegyrick 3 . ABRAHAM COWLEY was born in the year one thousand 2 six hundred and eighteen . His ...
... writes with so little detail that scarcely any thing is distinctly known , but all is shewn confused and enlarged through the mist of panegyrick 3 . ABRAHAM COWLEY was born in the year one thousand 2 six hundred and eighteen . His ...
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