Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1933 - English poetry |
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... least approved it , and adhered invariably to his prin- ciples and party through his whole life . His ardour of poetry still continued ; and not long after ( 1700 ) he published a Paraphrase on the Book of Job , and other parts of the ...
... least approved it , and adhered invariably to his prin- ciples and party through his whole life . His ardour of poetry still continued ; and not long after ( 1700 ) he published a Paraphrase on the Book of Job , and other parts of the ...
Page 95
... least must be allowed to have set a good example to men of his own class , by devoting part of his time to elegant knowledge ; and who has shewn , by the sub- jects which his poetry has adorned , that it is practic- able to be at once a ...
... least must be allowed to have set a good example to men of his own class , by devoting part of his time to elegant knowledge ; and who has shewn , by the sub- jects which his poetry has adorned , that it is practic- able to be at once a ...
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... least forgetting it , to amuse himself with phan- toms of happiness , which were dancing before him ; and willingly turned his eyes from the light of reason , when it would have discovered the illusion , and shewn him , what he never ...
... least forgetting it , to amuse himself with phan- toms of happiness , which were dancing before him ; and willingly turned his eyes from the light of reason , when it would have discovered the illusion , and shewn him , what he never ...
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