Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Dent, 1925 - English poetry |
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... produced by aggregation , and littleness by dispersion . Great thoughts are always general , and consist in positions not limited by exceptions , and in descriptions not descending to minuteness . It is with great propriety that ...
... produced by aggregation , and littleness by dispersion . Great thoughts are always general , and consist in positions not limited by exceptions , and in descriptions not descending to minuteness . It is with great propriety that ...
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... produced The Biter ; with which , though it was unfavourably treated by the audience , he was himself delighted , for he is said to have sat in the house laughing with great vehemence whenever he had in his own opinion produced a jest ...
... produced The Biter ; with which , though it was unfavourably treated by the audience , he was himself delighted , for he is said to have sat in the house laughing with great vehemence whenever he had in his own opinion produced a jest ...
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... produced when the resolu- tion was taken to exclude party from the paper . Sir Andrew does but little , and that little seems not to have pleased Addison , who , when he dismissed him from the club , changed his opinions . Steele had ...
... produced when the resolu- tion was taken to exclude party from the paper . Sir Andrew does but little , and that little seems not to have pleased Addison , who , when he dismissed him from the club , changed his opinions . Steele had ...
Contents
ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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