Lives of the English Poets: With an Introduction by Arthur Waugh, Volume 1 |
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Milton's delight was to sport in the wide regions of possibility ; reality was a scene too narrow for his mind . He sent his faculties out upon discovery , into worlds where only imagination can travel , and delighted to form new modes ...
Milton's delight was to sport in the wide regions of possibility ; reality was a scene too narrow for his mind . He sent his faculties out upon discovery , into worlds where only imagination can travel , and delighted to form new modes ...
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The account of Waller's parliamentary eloquence is seconded by Burnet , who , though he calls him ' the delight of the house , ' adds , that he was only concerned to say that , which should make him be applauded , he never laid the ...
The account of Waller's parliamentary eloquence is seconded by Burnet , who , though he calls him ' the delight of the house , ' adds , that he was only concerned to say that , which should make him be applauded , he never laid the ...
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Next to argument , his delight was in wild and daring sallies of sentiment , in the irregular and excentrick violence of wit . He delighted to tread upon the brink of meaning , where light and darkness begin to mingle ; to approach the ...
Next to argument , his delight was in wild and daring sallies of sentiment , in the irregular and excentrick violence of wit . He delighted to tread upon the brink of meaning , where light and darkness begin to mingle ; to approach the ...
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