The Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Volume 1Tauchnitz, 1858 - 4 pages |
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... became , as he relates , irrecoverably a poet . Such are the accidents which , sometimes remembered , and perhaps sometimes forgotten , produce that Johnson's Lives . I. 1 Sir particular designation of mind , and propensity for some COWLEY.
... became , as he relates , irrecoverably a poet . Such are the accidents which , sometimes remembered , and perhaps sometimes forgotten , produce that Johnson's Lives . I. 1 Sir particular designation of mind , and propensity for some COWLEY.
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... perhaps , has a right , in things admitting of gradation and comparison , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , and totally to exclude diffidence and shame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence . For the rejection of ...
... perhaps , has a right , in things admitting of gradation and comparison , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , and totally to exclude diffidence and shame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence . For the rejection of ...
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... perhaps in grossness of expression , but useful to those who know their value ; and such as , when they are expanded to perspicuity , and polished to elegance , may give lustre to works which have more propriety , though less ...
... perhaps in grossness of expression , but useful to those who know their value ; and such as , when they are expanded to perspicuity , and polished to elegance , may give lustre to works which have more propriety , though less ...
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... yea world , by that impression grow , Till thy tears mixt with mine do overflow This world , by waters sent from thee my heaven dissolved so . Johnson's Lives . I. 2 On reading the following lines , the reader may perhaps COWLEY . 17.
... yea world , by that impression grow , Till thy tears mixt with mine do overflow This world , by waters sent from thee my heaven dissolved so . Johnson's Lives . I. 2 On reading the following lines , the reader may perhaps COWLEY . 17.
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Samuel Johnson. On reading the following lines , the reader may perhaps cry out - Confusion worse confounded : Here lies a she sun , and a he moon here , She gives the best light to his sphere , Or each is both , and all , and so They ...
Samuel Johnson. On reading the following lines , the reader may perhaps cry out - Confusion worse confounded : Here lies a she sun , and a he moon here , She gives the best light to his sphere , Or each is both , and all , and so They ...
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