The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... once , and then never had resolution to tell his passion . This consideration cannot but abate , in some . measure , the reader's esteem for the work and the author . To love excellence , is natural ; it is na- tural likewise for the ...
... once , and then never had resolution to tell his passion . This consideration cannot but abate , in some . measure , the reader's esteem for the work and the author . To love excellence , is natural ; it is na- tural likewise for the ...
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... once na- tural and new , that which , though not obvious , is , upon its first production , acknowledged to be just ; if it be that which he that never found it wonders how he missed ; to wit of this kind the metaphysi- cal poets have ...
... once na- tural and new , that which , though not obvious , is , upon its first production , acknowledged to be just ; if it be that which he that never found it wonders how he missed ; to wit of this kind the metaphysi- cal poets have ...
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... once fills the whole mind , and which the first effect is sud- den astonishment , and the second rational admira- tion . Sublimity is produced by aggregation , and littleness by dispersion . Great thoughts are always general , and ...
... once fills the whole mind , and which the first effect is sud- den astonishment , and the second rational admira- tion . Sublimity is produced by aggregation , and littleness by dispersion . Great thoughts are always general , and ...
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... Once dead , how can it be , Death should a thing so pleasant seem to thee , That thou should'st come to live it o'er again in me ? A Lover's Heart , a Hand Grenado . Woe to her stubborn heart , if once mine come Into the self - same ...
... Once dead , how can it be , Death should a thing so pleasant seem to thee , That thou should'st come to live it o'er again in me ? A Lover's Heart , a Hand Grenado . Woe to her stubborn heart , if once mine come Into the self - same ...
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... once an egg in his mind , he cannot for- bear to shew us that he knows what an egg contains : Thou into the close nests of Time dost peep , And there with piercing eye Through the firm shell and the thick white dost spy Years to come a ...
... once an egg in his mind , he cannot for- bear to shew us that he knows what an egg contains : Thou into the close nests of Time dost peep , And there with piercing eye Through the firm shell and the thick white dost spy Years to come a ...
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