The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... knowledge may be sometimes found buried perhaps in grossness of expression , but useful to those who know their va- lue ; and such as , when they are expanded to per- spicuity , and polished to elegance , may give lustre to works which ...
... knowledge may be sometimes found buried perhaps in grossness of expression , but useful to those who know their va- lue ; and such as , when they are expanded to per- spicuity , and polished to elegance , may give lustre to works which ...
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... Knowledge : The sacred tree ' midst the fair orchard grew ; The phoenix Truth did on it rest , And built his perfum'd nest , That right Porphyrian tree which did true logic shew . Each leaf did learned notions give , And th ' apples ...
... Knowledge : The sacred tree ' midst the fair orchard grew ; The phoenix Truth did on it rest , And built his perfum'd nest , That right Porphyrian tree which did true logic shew . Each leaf did learned notions give , And th ' apples ...
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... knowledge : Dryden could have supplied the knowledge , but not the . gaiety . The verses to Davenant , which are vigorously begun , and happily concluded , contain some hints of 36 COWLEY .
... knowledge : Dryden could have supplied the knowledge , but not the . gaiety . The verses to Davenant , which are vigorously begun , and happily concluded , contain some hints of 36 COWLEY .
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... knowledge produce little conviction . In those which are intended to exalt the human faculties , reason has its proper task assigned it ; that of judging , not of things re- vealed , but of the reality of revelation . In the verses for ...
... knowledge produce little conviction . In those which are intended to exalt the human faculties , reason has its proper task assigned it ; that of judging , not of things re- vealed , but of the reality of revelation . In the verses for ...
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... knowledge flows in upon his page , so that the reader is commonly surprised into some improvement . But , considered as the verses of a lover , no man that has ever loved will much com- mend them . They are neither courtly nor pa thetic ...
... knowledge flows in upon his page , so that the reader is commonly surprised into some improvement . But , considered as the verses of a lover , no man that has ever loved will much com- mend them . They are neither courtly nor pa thetic ...
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