Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1933 - English poetry |
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Page 131
... mind sinks under them in passive helplessness , content with calm belief and humble adoration . Known truths , however , may take a different appearance , and be conveyed to the mind by a new train of intermediate images . This Milton ...
... mind sinks under them in passive helplessness , content with calm belief and humble adoration . Known truths , however , may take a different appearance , and be conveyed to the mind by a new train of intermediate images . This Milton ...
Page 145
... mind of the greatest powers may be indebted without disgrace . Cervantes shews a man , who having , by the inces- sant perusal of incredible tales , subjected his under- standing to his imagination , and familiarized his mind by ...
... mind of the greatest powers may be indebted without disgrace . Cervantes shews a man , who having , by the inces- sant perusal of incredible tales , subjected his under- standing to his imagination , and familiarized his mind by ...
Page 273
... mind was interested , the reception was eager , and the sale so large , that my father , an old booksel'er , told me , he had not known it equalled but by Sacheverell's trial . The reason of this general perusal Addison has attempted to ...
... mind was interested , the reception was eager , and the sale so large , that my father , an old booksel'er , told me , he had not known it equalled but by Sacheverell's trial . The reason of this general perusal Addison has attempted to ...
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