Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 |
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Page 35
... reader of less skill seem thrown together by chance , are concatenated without any abruption . Though the English ode cannot be called a translation , it may be very properly consulted as a commentary . The spirit of Pindar is indeed ...
... reader of less skill seem thrown together by chance , are concatenated without any abruption . Though the English ode cannot be called a translation , it may be very properly consulted as a commentary . The spirit of Pindar is indeed ...
Page 132
... reader admires and lays down , and forgets to take up again . None ever wished it longer than it is . Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure . We read Milton for instruc- tion , retire harassed and overburdened , and look ...
... reader admires and lays down , and forgets to take up again . None ever wished it longer than it is . Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure . We read Milton for instruc- tion , retire harassed and overburdened , and look ...
Page 211
... reader shall lay aside , The subject of the disputation is not piety , but the motives to piety ; that of the description is not God , but the works of God . Contemplative piety , or the intercourse between God and the human soul ...
... reader shall lay aside , The subject of the disputation is not piety , but the motives to piety ; that of the description is not God , but the works of God . Contemplative piety , or the intercourse between God and the human soul ...
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Lives of the English Poets: The Prior Congreve, Blackmore and Pope Samuel Johnson No preview available - 2003 |
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