The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... learning , but refused the husks , had the appearance of an instinctive elegance , of a particular provision made by Nature for literary politeness . But in the au- thor's own honest relation , the marvel vanishes : he was , he says ...
... learning , but refused the husks , had the appearance of an instinctive elegance , of a particular provision made by Nature for literary politeness . But in the au- thor's own honest relation , the marvel vanishes : he was , he says ...
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... learning , and to shew their learning was their whole endea . vour : but , unluckily resolving to shew it in rhyme , instead of writing poetry they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better ...
... learning , and to shew their learning was their whole endea . vour : but , unluckily resolving to shew it in rhyme , instead of writing poetry they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better ...
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... learning instructs , and their subtlety surprises ; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought , and , though he sometimes admires , is seldom pleased . From this account of their compositions it will be readily ...
... learning instructs , and their subtlety surprises ; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought , and , though he sometimes admires , is seldom pleased . From this account of their compositions it will be readily ...
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... tinguished . As the authors of this race were perhaps more desirous of being admired than understood , they sometimes drew their conceits from recesses of learning not very much frequented by common readers of poetry 20 COWLEY .
... tinguished . As the authors of this race were perhaps more desirous of being admired than understood , they sometimes drew their conceits from recesses of learning not very much frequented by common readers of poetry 20 COWLEY .
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Samuel Johnson. learning not very much frequented by common readers of poetry . Thus Cowley on Knowledge : The sacred ... learning and religion , And virtue and such ingredients , have made A mithridate , whose operation Keeps off , or ...
Samuel Johnson. learning not very much frequented by common readers of poetry . Thus Cowley on Knowledge : The sacred ... learning and religion , And virtue and such ingredients , have made A mithridate , whose operation Keeps off , or ...
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