Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Dent, 1925 - English poetry |
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... easily be found than is here offered , and it must be by preserving such relations that we may at last judge how much they are to be regarded . If we stay to examine this account , we shall see difficulties on both sides : here is the ...
... easily be found than is here offered , and it must be by preserving such relations that we may at last judge how much they are to be regarded . If we stay to examine this account , we shall see difficulties on both sides : here is the ...
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... easily deceive . He might have observed , that what is good only because it pleases , cannot be pronounced good till it has been found to please . Sir Martin Marr - all ( 1668 ) is a comedy , published without preface or dedication ...
... easily deceive . He might have observed , that what is good only because it pleases , cannot be pronounced good till it has been found to please . Sir Martin Marr - all ( 1668 ) is a comedy , published without preface or dedication ...
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... easily and properly adapted ; for when objects are imperfectly seen , they easily take forms from imagination . The scene lies among our ancestors in our own country , and therefore very easily catches attention . Rodogune is a ...
... easily and properly adapted ; for when objects are imperfectly seen , they easily take forms from imagination . The scene lies among our ancestors in our own country , and therefore very easily catches attention . Rodogune is a ...
Contents
ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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