The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... poet . Such are the accidents which , sometimes re- membered , and perhaps sometimes forgotten , pro- duce that particular designation of mind , and pro- pensity for some certain science or employment , which is commonly called genius ...
... poet . Such are the accidents which , sometimes re- membered , and perhaps sometimes forgotten , pro- duce that particular designation of mind , and pro- pensity for some certain science or employment , which is commonly called genius ...
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... poets are scarcely thought freemen of their company without paying some duties , or obliging themselves to be true to ... poet of an " airy nothing , " and to quarrel as to write for what Cowley might have learned from his master Pindar ...
... poets are scarcely thought freemen of their company without paying some duties , or obliging themselves to be true to ... poet of an " airy nothing , " and to quarrel as to write for what Cowley might have learned from his master Pindar ...
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... poet and historian , who flourished in the reigns of James and Charles I. and of whom a life is given in the Biographia Britannica . - H . * 1663 . + Here is an error in the designation of this Co- medy , which our author copied from ...
... poet and historian , who flourished in the reigns of James and Charles I. and of whom a life is given in the Biographia Britannica . - H . * 1663 . + Here is an error in the designation of this Co- medy , which our author copied from ...
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... poets ; for they cannot be said to have imitated any thing : they neither copied na- ture nor life ; neither painted the forms of matter , nor represented the operations of intellect . Those however who deny them to be poets , allow ...
... poets ; for they cannot be said to have imitated any thing : they neither copied na- ture nor life ; neither painted the forms of matter , nor represented the operations of intellect . Those however who deny them to be poets , allow ...
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... poet , nor assume the dignity of a writer , by descriptions copied from descrip- tions , by imitations borrowed from imitations , by traditional imagery , and hereditary similes , by readiness of rhyme , and volubility of syllables.` In ...
... poet , nor assume the dignity of a writer , by descriptions copied from descrip- tions , by imitations borrowed from imitations , by traditional imagery , and hereditary similes , by readiness of rhyme , and volubility of syllables.` In ...
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