The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... natural desire of man to propagate a wonder . It is surely very difficult ta tell any thing as it was heard , when ... Nature for literary politeness . But in the au- thor's own honest relation , the marvel vanishes : he was , he says ...
... natural desire of man to propagate a wonder . It is surely very difficult ta tell any thing as it was heard , when ... Nature for literary politeness . But in the au- thor's own honest relation , the marvel vanishes : he was , he says ...
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... nature to the choice of man , has its changes and fashions , and at different times takes different forms . About the beginning of the seventeenth century , appeared a race of writers that may be termed the metaphy- sical poets of whom ...
... nature to the choice of man , has its changes and fashions , and at different times takes different forms . About the beginning of the seventeenth century , appeared a race of writers that may be termed the metaphy- sical poets of whom ...
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... natural dig . nity , and reduces it from strength of thought to happiness of language . If by a more noble and more adequate concep- tion that be considered as wit which is at once na- tural and new , that which , though not obvious ...
... natural dig . nity , and reduces it from strength of thought to happiness of language . If by a more noble and more adequate concep- tion that be considered as wit which is at once na- tural and new , that which , though not obvious ...
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... nature and art are ransacked for illustrations , comparisons , and allusions ; their learning instructs , and their subtlety surprises ; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought , and , though he sometimes admires ...
... nature and art are ransacked for illustrations , comparisons , and allusions ; their learning instructs , and their subtlety surprises ; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought , and , though he sometimes admires ...
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... nature , or the scenes of life , than he , who dissects a sun - beam with a prism , can exhibit the wide effulgence of a summer noon . What they wanted , however , of the sublime , they endeavoured to supply by hyperbole ; their ...
... nature , or the scenes of life , than he , who dissects a sun - beam with a prism , can exhibit the wide effulgence of a summer noon . What they wanted , however , of the sublime , they endeavoured to supply by hyperbole ; their ...
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