The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... pleasures , and a moderate revenue below the malice and flatteries of fortune . " So differently are things seen ! and so differently are they shewn ! but actions are visible , though motives are secret . Cowley certainly retired ...
... pleasures , and a moderate revenue below the malice and flatteries of fortune . " So differently are things seen ! and so differently are they shewn ! but actions are visible , though motives are secret . Cowley certainly retired ...
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... St. Ann's Hill . You might very conveniently come hither the way of Hampton Town , lying there one night . I write this in pain , and can say no more : Verbum sapienti . " He did not long enjoy the pleasure , or suffer COWLEY . 15.
... St. Ann's Hill . You might very conveniently come hither the way of Hampton Town , lying there one night . I write this in pain , and can say no more : Verbum sapienti . " He did not long enjoy the pleasure , or suffer COWLEY . 15.
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Samuel Johnson. He did not long enjoy the pleasure , or suffer the uneasiness , of solitude ; for he died at the ... pleasures in the minds of men , paid their court to temporary prejudices , has been at one time too much praised , and ...
Samuel Johnson. He did not long enjoy the pleasure , or suffer the uneasiness , of solitude ; for he died at the ... pleasures in the minds of men , paid their court to temporary prejudices , has been at one time too much praised , and ...
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... pleasure of other minds : they never inquired what , on any occasion , they should have said or done ; but wrote rather as beholders than partakers of human nature ; as be- ings looking upon good and evil , impassive and at leisure ; as ...
... pleasure of other minds : they never inquired what , on any occasion , they should have said or done ; but wrote rather as beholders than partakers of human nature ; as be- ings looking upon good and evil , impassive and at leisure ; as ...
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... pleasure which they ever gave . If he was formed by nature for one kind of writing more than for another , his power seems to have been greatest in the familiar and the festive . The next class of his poems is called The Mis- tress , of ...
... pleasure which they ever gave . If he was formed by nature for one kind of writing more than for another , his power seems to have been greatest in the familiar and the festive . The next class of his poems is called The Mis- tress , of ...
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