LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... perhaps , has a right , in things admitting of grada- tion and comparison , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , and totally to ex- clude diffidence and shame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence . For the rejection of ...
... perhaps , has a right , in things admitting of grada- tion and comparison , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , and totally to ex- clude diffidence and shame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence . For the rejection of ...
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... perhaps in grossness of expression , but useful to those who know their value ; and such as , when they are expanded to perspicuity , and polished to elegance , may give lustre to works which have more propriety though less copiousness ...
... perhaps in grossness of expression , but useful to those who know their value ; and such as , when they are expanded to perspicuity , and polished to elegance , may give lustre to works which have more propriety though less copiousness ...
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... perhaps of all the writers of the metaphysical race , is that of pursuing his thoughts to the last ramifications , by which he loses the grandeur of generality ; for of the greatest things the parts are little ; what is little can be ...
... perhaps of all the writers of the metaphysical race , is that of pursuing his thoughts to the last ramifications , by which he loses the grandeur of generality ; for of the greatest things the parts are little ; what is little can be ...
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... perhaps can be found in any other stanza of the poem . In the perusal of the Davideis , as of all Cowley's works , we find wit and learning unprofitably squandered . Attention has no relief , the affections are never moved ; we are ...
... perhaps can be found in any other stanza of the poem . In the perusal of the Davideis , as of all Cowley's works , we find wit and learning unprofitably squandered . Attention has no relief , the affections are never moved ; we are ...
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... perhaps more properly have con- tented myself with the addition of a few notes to Mr. Fenton's elegant Abridge- ment , but that a new narrative was thought necessary to the uniformity of this edition . JOHN MILTON was by birth a ...
... perhaps more properly have con- tented myself with the addition of a few notes to Mr. Fenton's elegant Abridge- ment , but that a new narrative was thought necessary to the uniformity of this edition . JOHN MILTON was by birth a ...
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