Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1933 - English poetry |
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Page 368
... delight in carousing with lord Hertford and his friends than assisting her ladyship's poetical opera- tions , and therefore never received another summons . Autumn , the season to which the Spring and Summer are preparatory , still ...
... delight in carousing with lord Hertford and his friends than assisting her ladyship's poetical opera- tions , and therefore never received another summons . Autumn , the season to which the Spring and Summer are preparatory , still ...
Page 399
... delighted with those flights of imagination which pass the bounds of nature , and to which the mind is reconciled only by a passive acquiescence in popular traditions . He loved fairies , genii , giants , and monsters ; he delighted to ...
... delighted with those flights of imagination which pass the bounds of nature , and to which the mind is reconciled only by a passive acquiescence in popular traditions . He loved fairies , genii , giants , and monsters ; he delighted to ...
Page 407
... delight and advantage ; for he continued his name in the book ten years , though he took no degree . After the first four years he put on the Civilian's gown , but without shewing any intention to engage in the profession . About the ...
... delight and advantage ; for he continued his name in the book ten years , though he took no degree . After the first four years he put on the Civilian's gown , but without shewing any intention to engage in the profession . About the ...
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