Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1H. Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1906 - English poetry |
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... admiration . Sublimity is produced by aggregation , and littleness by dispersion . Great thoughts are always general , and consist in positions not limited by exceptions , and in descriptions not descending to minuteness . It is with ...
... admiration . Sublimity is produced by aggregation , and littleness by dispersion . Great thoughts are always general , and consist in positions not limited by exceptions , and in descriptions not descending to minuteness . It is with ...
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... admiration which is due to great comprehension. of. knowledge. ,. and. great. fertility. of. fancy . The. thoughts are often new , and often striking ; but the greatness of one part is disgraced by the littleness of another ; and total ...
... admiration which is due to great comprehension. of. knowledge. ,. and. great. fertility. of. fancy . The. thoughts are often new , and often striking ; but the greatness of one part is disgraced by the littleness of another ; and total ...
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... admiration , a little praise of his antagonist would be sufficiently offensive , and might incline him to leave Sweden , from which , however , he was dismissed , not with any mark of contempt , but with a train of attendance scarce ...
... admiration , a little praise of his antagonist would be sufficiently offensive , and might incline him to leave Sweden , from which , however , he was dismissed , not with any mark of contempt , but with a train of attendance scarce ...
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