The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... called genius . The true genius is a mind of large general powers , accidentally de- termined to some particular direction . Sir Joshua Reynolds , the great painter of the present age , had the first fondness for his art excited by the ...
... called genius . The true genius is a mind of large general powers , accidentally de- termined to some particular direction . Sir Joshua Reynolds , the great painter of the present age , had the first fondness for his art excited by the ...
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... called " Love's Riddle , " though it was not published till he had been some time at Cambridge . This comedy is of the pastoral kind , which requires no acquaintance with the living world , and there- fore the time at which it was ...
... called " Love's Riddle , " though it was not published till he had been some time at Cambridge . This comedy is of the pastoral kind , which requires no acquaintance with the living world , and there- fore the time at which it was ...
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... called " The Puritan and Papist , " which was only inserted in the last collection of his Works ; and so distinguished himself by the warmth of his loyalty and the elegance of his conversation , that he gained the kindness and ...
... called " The Puritan and Papist , " which was only inserted in the last collection of his Works ; and so distinguished himself by the warmth of his loyalty and the elegance of his conversation , that he gained the kindness and ...
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... called " The Complaint ; " in which he styles himself the melancholy Cowley . This met with the usual fortune of complaints , and seems to have ex- cited more contempt than pity . These unlucky incidents are brought , malicious- ly ...
... called " The Complaint ; " in which he styles himself the melancholy Cowley . This met with the usual fortune of complaints , and seems to have ex- cited more contempt than pity . These unlucky incidents are brought , malicious- ly ...
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... called upon him , and represent- ed to him the true delights of solitary studies , of temperate pleasures , and a moderate revenue below the malice and flatteries of fortune . " So differently are things seen ! and so differently are ...
... called upon him , and represent- ed to him the true delights of solitary studies , of temperate pleasures , and a moderate revenue below the malice and flatteries of fortune . " So differently are things seen ! and so differently are ...
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