LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... produced a funeral ora- tion rather than a history : he has given the character , not the life of Cowley ; for he ... produce that particular designation of mind , and propenfity for some certain science or employment , which is commonly ...
... produced a funeral ora- tion rather than a history : he has given the character , not the life of Cowley ; for he ... produce that particular designation of mind , and propenfity for some certain science or employment , which is commonly ...
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... produced a comedy called " Love's Riddle , " though it was not publised till he had been some time at Cambridge . This comedy is of the pastoral kind , which requires no acquaintance with the living world , and therefore the time at ...
... produced a comedy called " Love's Riddle , " though it was not publised till he had been some time at Cambridge . This comedy is of the pastoral kind , which requires no acquaintance with the living world , and therefore the time at ...
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... produced it under the title of " The Cutter of Coleman- " street " It was treated on the stage with great severity , and was after- wards censured as a satire on the King's party . Mr. Dryden , who went with Mr. Sprat to the first ...
... produced it under the title of " The Cutter of Coleman- " street " It was treated on the stage with great severity , and was after- wards censured as a satire on the King's party . Mr. Dryden , who went with Mr. Sprat to the first ...
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... 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 great propriety that ...
... 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 great propriety that ...
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... produced combinations of confused magnificence , that not only could not be credited , but could not be imagined . Yet great labour , directed by great abilities , is never wholly lost : if they fre- quently threw away their wit upon ...
... produced combinations of confused magnificence , that not only could not be credited , but could not be imagined . Yet great labour , directed by great abilities , is never wholly lost : if they fre- quently threw away their wit upon ...
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