Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Dent, 1925 - English poetry |
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... Fancy and Judgment , Wit and Eloquence , Memory and Invention ; how he distinguished Wit from Fancy , or how Memory could properly contribute to Motion , he has not explained : we are , however , content to suppose that he * could have ...
... Fancy and Judgment , Wit and Eloquence , Memory and Invention ; how he distinguished Wit from Fancy , or how Memory could properly contribute to Motion , he has not explained : we are , however , content to suppose that he * could have ...
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... fancy without the censure of extravagance . The appearances of nature , and the occurrences of life , did not satiate his appetite of greatness . To paint things as they are requires a minute attention , and employs the memory rather ...
... fancy without the censure of extravagance . The appearances of nature , and the occurrences of life , did not satiate his appetite of greatness . To paint things as they are requires a minute attention , and employs the memory rather ...
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... fancy , that nothing was proposed to him in which he could not suddenly produce a thought extremely pleasant and surprising ; and those first thoughts of his , contrary to the Latin proverb , were not always the least happy , and as his ...
... fancy , that nothing was proposed to him in which he could not suddenly produce a thought extremely pleasant and surprising ; and those first thoughts of his , contrary to the Latin proverb , were not always the least happy , and as his ...
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ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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