The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1858 - English poetry |
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... thought freemen of their company without paying some duties , or obliging themselves to be true to Love . This obligation to amorous ditties owes , I believe , its original to the fame of Petrarch , who , in an age rude and uncultivated ...
... thought freemen of their company without paying some duties , or obliging themselves to be true to Love . This obligation to amorous ditties owes , I believe , its original to the fame of Petrarch , who , in an age rude and uncultivated ...
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... thoughts of the ancients in their language ; Cowley , without much loss of purity or elegance , accommo- dates the ... thought proper , fitted his old comedy of " The Guardian " for the stage , he produced it under the title of " The ...
... thoughts of the ancients in their language ; Cowley , without much loss of purity or elegance , accommo- dates the ... thought proper , fitted his old comedy of " The Guardian " for the stage , he produced it under the title of " The ...
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... thought himself now safe enough from intrusion , without the defence of mountains and oceans ; and , instead of seeking shelter in America , wisely went only so far from the bustle of life as that he might easily find his way back ...
... thought himself now safe enough from intrusion , without the defence of mountains and oceans ; and , instead of seeking shelter in America , wisely went only so far from the bustle of life as that he might easily find his way back ...
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... thought , but was never before so well ex- pressed , " they certainly never attained , nor ever sought it ; for they endeavoured to be singular in their thoughts , and were careless of their diction . But Pope's account of wit is ...
... thought , but was never before so well ex- pressed , " they certainly never attained , nor ever sought it ; for they endeavoured to be singular in their thoughts , and were careless of their diction . But Pope's account of wit is ...
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... thought which at once fills the whole mind , and of which the first effect is sudden atonishment , and the second rational admiration . Sublimity is produced by aggregation , and littleness by dispersion . Great thoughts are always ...
... thought which at once fills the whole mind , and of which the first effect is sudden atonishment , and the second rational admiration . Sublimity is produced by aggregation , and littleness by dispersion . Great thoughts are always ...
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