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... his preface to a subsequent edition , that " poets are scarcely thought freemen of their company without paying some duties , or obliging themThis obligation to amorous ditties owes , I believe , its original to the fame of Petrarch ...
... his preface to a subsequent edition , that " poets are scarcely thought freemen of their company without paying some duties , or obliging themThis obligation to amorous ditties owes , I believe , its original to the fame of Petrarch ...
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It is with great propriety that subtlety , which in its original import means exility of particles , is taken in its metaphorical meaning for nicety of distinction . Those writers who lay on the watch for novelty , could have little ...
It is with great propriety that subtlety , which in its original import means exility of particles , is taken in its metaphorical meaning for nicety of distinction . Those writers who lay on the watch for novelty , could have little ...
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Thus he represents the meditations of a lover : Though in my thoughts scarce any tracts have been So much as of original sin , Such charms thy beauty wears , as might Desires in dying confest saints excite . Thou with strange adultery ...
Thus he represents the meditations of a lover : Though in my thoughts scarce any tracts have been So much as of original sin , Such charms thy beauty wears , as might Desires in dying confest saints excite . Thou with strange adultery ...
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Of the Olympic Ode , the beginning is , I think , above the original in elegance , and the conclusion below it in strength . The connexion is supplied with great perspicuity ; and thoughts , which to a reader of less skill seem thrown ...
Of the Olympic Ode , the beginning is , I think , above the original in elegance , and the conclusion below it in strength . The connexion is supplied with great perspicuity ; and thoughts , which to a reader of less skill seem thrown ...
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Cooper's Hill " is the work that confers upon him the rank and dignity of an original author . He seems to have been , at least among us , the Denham saw the better way , but has not purauthor of a species of composition that may be ...
Cooper's Hill " is the work that confers upon him the rank and dignity of an original author . He seems to have been , at least among us , the Denham saw the better way , but has not purauthor of a species of composition that may be ...
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| Title | The Lives of the English Poets |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Jones & Company, 1825 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 6 Mar 2009 |
| Length | 363 pages |
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