Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1H. Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1906 - English poetry |
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... never had resolution to tell his passion . This consideration cannot but abate , in some measure , the reader's ... never within the possibility of committing , differs only by the infrequency of his folly from him who praises ...
... never had resolution to tell his passion . This consideration cannot but abate , in some measure , the reader's ... never within the possibility of committing , differs only by the infrequency of his folly from him who praises ...
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... never before so well expressed , 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 undoubtedly errone- ous : he ...
... never before so well expressed , 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 undoubtedly errone- ous : he ...
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... never said before . Nor was the sublime more within their reach than the pathetick ; for they never attempted that com- prehension and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind , and of which the first effect is sudden ...
... never said before . Nor was the sublime more within their reach than the pathetick ; for they never attempted that com- prehension and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind , and of which the first effect is sudden ...
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