Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1933 - English poetry |
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Page 112
... effect upon all but his mother , whom , by making her cruelty more publick , they only hardened in her aversion . Mr. Hill not only promoted the subscription to the Miscellany , but furnished likewise the greatest part of the Poems of ...
... effect upon all but his mother , whom , by making her cruelty more publick , they only hardened in her aversion . Mr. Hill not only promoted the subscription to the Miscellany , but furnished likewise the greatest part of the Poems of ...
Page 176
... effect of novelty , and might , pro- bably , be every day less ; and therefore he took no care to improve the happy time , but was encouraged by one favour to hope for another , till at length generosity was exhausted , and ...
... effect of novelty , and might , pro- bably , be every day less ; and therefore he took no care to improve the happy time , but was encouraged by one favour to hope for another , till at length generosity was exhausted , and ...
Page 397
... effect is local and temporary ; they appeal not to reason or passion , but to memory , and pre - suppose an accidental or artificial state of mind . An Imitation of Spenser is nothing to a reader , how- ever acute , by whom Spenser has ...
... effect is local and temporary ; they appeal not to reason or passion , but to memory , and pre - suppose an accidental or artificial state of mind . An Imitation of Spenser is nothing to a reader , how- ever acute , by whom Spenser has ...
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