The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... never made any effort of in- vention : his greater pieces are only tissues of common thoughts ; and his smaller , which con- sist of light images or single conceits , are not al ways his own . I have traced him among the French ...
... never made any effort of in- vention : his greater pieces are only tissues of common thoughts ; and his smaller , which con- sist of light images or single conceits , are not al ways his own . I have traced him among the French ...
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... never sacrifices accu- racy to haste , nor indulges himself in contemp- tuous negligence , or impatient idleness : he has no careless lines , or entangled sentiments : his words are nicely selected , and his thoughts fully expand- ed ...
... never sacrifices accu- racy to haste , nor indulges himself in contemp- tuous negligence , or impatient idleness : he has no careless lines , or entangled sentiments : his words are nicely selected , and his thoughts fully expand- ed ...
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... never make him suspected for a puritan ; he therefore ( 1698 ) published " A short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage , " I believe with no other motive than religious zeal and honest in- dignation . He was ...
... never make him suspected for a puritan ; he therefore ( 1698 ) published " A short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage , " I believe with no other motive than religious zeal and honest in- dignation . He was ...
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... never intermitted ; his wit is a meteor playing to and fro with alternate coruscations . His comedies have , therefore , in some degree , the operation of tragedies ; they surprise rather than divert , and raise admiration oftener than ...
... never intermitted ; his wit is a meteor playing to and fro with alternate coruscations . His comedies have , therefore , in some degree , the operation of tragedies ; they surprise rather than divert , and raise admiration oftener than ...
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... never kissed the governor's hands : mine is therefore not so much as a permis- sion - poem , but a downright interloper . Those gen- tlemen who carry on their poetical trade in a joint stock would certainly do what they could to sink ...
... never kissed the governor's hands : mine is therefore not so much as a permis- sion - poem , but a downright interloper . Those gen- tlemen who carry on their poetical trade in a joint stock would certainly do what they could to sink ...
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