The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... labour , directed by great abilities , is never wholly lost : if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits , they likewise some times struck out unexpected truth : if their con- ceits were far - fetched , they were often ...
... labour , directed by great abilities , is never wholly lost : if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits , they likewise some times struck out unexpected truth : if their con- ceits were far - fetched , they were often ...
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... labour should co - operate , are thus taught by Donne : In none but us are such mix'd engines found , As hands of double office ; for the ground We till with them ; and them to Heaven we raise ; Who prayerless labours , or , without ...
... labour should co - operate , are thus taught by Donne : In none but us are such mix'd engines found , As hands of double office ; for the ground We till with them ; and them to Heaven we raise ; Who prayerless labours , or , without ...
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... labour pay With good unsought experiments by the way . COWLEY . Some that have deeper digg'd Love's mine than I , Say , where his centric happiness doth lie : I have lov'd , and got , and told ; But should I love , get , tell , till I ...
... labour pay With good unsought experiments by the way . COWLEY . Some that have deeper digg'd Love's mine than I , Say , where his centric happiness doth lie : I have lov'd , and got , and told ; But should I love , get , tell , till I ...
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... labours a mind replete with learning , and that his pages are em- bellished with all the ornaments which books could supply ; that he was the first who imparted to Eng- lish numbers the enthusiasm of the greater ode , and the gaiety of ...
... labours a mind replete with learning , and that his pages are em- bellished with all the ornaments which books could supply ; that he was the first who imparted to Eng- lish numbers the enthusiasm of the greater ode , and the gaiety of ...
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... labour'd birth of slavish brains , Not the effect of poetry , but pains ; Cheap vulgar arts , whose narrowness affords No flight for thoughts , but poorly stick at words . A new and nobler way thou dost pursue , To make translations and ...
... labour'd birth of slavish brains , Not the effect of poetry , but pains ; Cheap vulgar arts , whose narrowness affords No flight for thoughts , but poorly stick at words . A new and nobler way thou dost pursue , To make translations and ...
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