LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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Page 6
... discovered . How far he complied with the men in power , is to be enquired before he can be blamed . It is not said that he told them any secrets , or assisted them by intelligence , or any other act . If he only promised to be quiet ...
... discovered . How far he complied with the men in power , is to be enquired before he can be blamed . It is not said that he told them any secrets , or assisted them by intelligence , or any other act . If he only promised to be quiet ...
Page 8
... discovered , cannot be known . He that misses his end will never be as much pleased as he that attains it , even when he can impute no part of his failure to himself ; and when the end is to please the multitude , no man , perhaps , has ...
... discovered , cannot be known . He that misses his end will never be as much pleased as he that attains it , even when he can impute no part of his failure to himself ; and when the end is to please the multitude , no man , perhaps , has ...
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... discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently un- like . Of wit , thus defined , they have more than enough . The most hetero- geneous ideas are yoked by violence together ; nature and art are ransacked for illustrations ...
... discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently un- like . Of wit , thus defined , they have more than enough . The most hetero- geneous ideas are yoked by violence together ; nature and art are ransacked for illustrations ...
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... discovery , With whom more venturers might boldly dare Venture their stakes , with him in joy to share . DONNE . Their thoughts and expressions were sometimes grosly abused , and such as ao figures or licence can reconcile to the ...
... discovery , With whom more venturers might boldly dare Venture their stakes , with him in joy to share . DONNE . Their thoughts and expressions were sometimes grosly abused , and such as ao figures or licence can reconcile to the ...
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... discovered that any staff was too lyrical for an heroic poem ; but this seems to have been known before by May and Sandys , the translators of the Pharsalia and the Metamorphoses . In the Davideis are some hemistichs , or verses left In ...
... discovered that any staff was too lyrical for an heroic poem ; but this seems to have been known before by May and Sandys , the translators of the Pharsalia and the Metamorphoses . In the Davideis are some hemistichs , or verses left In ...
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