The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1858 - English poetry |
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... Judgment , Wit and Eloquence , Memory and Invention . How he distinguished Wit from Fancy , or how Memory could properly contribute to Motion , he has not explained ; we are however content to suppose that he could have justified his ...
... Judgment , Wit and Eloquence , Memory and Invention . How he distinguished Wit from Fancy , or how Memory could properly contribute to Motion , he has not explained ; we are however content to suppose that he could have justified his ...
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... judgment , natu- rally right , forsaking bad copies by degrees , and advancing towards a better practice as he gains more confidence in himself . In his translation of Virgil , written when he was about twenty - one years old , may be ...
... judgment , natu- rally right , forsaking bad copies by degrees , and advancing towards a better practice as he gains more confidence in himself . In his translation of Virgil , written when he was about twenty - one years old , may be ...
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... judgment , I never greatly admired , but now much less . ' This is surely the language of a man who thinks that he has been injured . He proceeds to describe the course of his conduct , and the train of his thoughts ; and , because he ...
... judgment , I never greatly admired , but now much less . ' This is surely the language of a man who thinks that he has been injured . He proceeds to describe the course of his conduct , and the train of his thoughts ; and , because he ...
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... Judgment of Martin Bucer , concerning Divorce ; " and the next year , his Tetra- chordon , " Expositions upon the four chief Places of Scripture which treat of Marriage . ' This innovation was opposed , as might be expected , by the ...
... Judgment of Martin Bucer , concerning Divorce ; " and the next year , his Tetra- chordon , " Expositions upon the four chief Places of Scripture which treat of Marriage . ' This innovation was opposed , as might be expected , by the ...
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... judgment of his own works . On that which has cost him much labour he sets a high value , because he is unwilling to think that he has been diligent in vain ; what has been produced without toilsome efforts is considered with delight ...
... judgment of his own works . On that which has cost him much labour he sets a high value , because he is unwilling to think that he has been diligent in vain ; what has been produced without toilsome efforts is considered with delight ...
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