Lives of the English Poets: With an Introduction by Arthur Waugh, Volume 1 |
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Page 124
Their addresses to their Maker have little more than the voice of admiration and gratitude . Fruition left them nothing to ask , and Innocence left them nothing to fear . But with guilt enter distrust and discord , mutual accusation ...
Their addresses to their Maker have little more than the voice of admiration and gratitude . Fruition left them nothing to ask , and Innocence left them nothing to fear . But with guilt enter distrust and discord , mutual accusation ...
Page 236
The lofty burlesque is the more to be admired , because , to write it , the author must be master of two of the most different ... Admiration and laughter are of such opposite natures , that they are seldom created by the same person .
The lofty burlesque is the more to be admired , because , to write it , the author must be master of two of the most different ... Admiration and laughter are of such opposite natures , that they are seldom created by the same person .
Page 443
This artifice of mischief was admired by Stella ; and Swift seems to approve her admiration . His works will supply some information . It appears from his various pictures of the world , that , with all his bashfulness , he had ...
This artifice of mischief was admired by Stella ; and Swift seems to approve her admiration . His works will supply some information . It appears from his various pictures of the world , that , with all his bashfulness , he had ...
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