The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... whole blame upon his judges , and to- tally to exclude diffidence and shame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence . For the rejection of this play it is difficult now to find the reason ; it certainly has , in a very great ...
... whole blame upon his judges , and to- tally to exclude diffidence and shame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence . For the rejection of this play it is difficult now to find the reason ; it certainly has , in a very great ...
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... 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 than of the ear ; for the modulation was so ...
... 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 than of the ear ; for the modulation was so ...
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... 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 consist in positions ...
... 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 consist in positions ...
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... whole again of every part . COWLEY . A coal - pit has not often found its poet ; but , that it may not want its due honour , Cleiveland has paralleled it with the Sun : The moderate value of our guiltless ore Makes no man atheist , and ...
... whole again of every part . COWLEY . A coal - pit has not often found its poet ; but , that it may not want its due honour , Cleiveland has paralleled it with the Sun : The moderate value of our guiltless ore Makes no man atheist , and ...
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... whole Davideis is , however , not much to be regretted ; for in this undertaking , Cowley is , tacitly at least , confessed to have miscarried . There are not many examples of so great a work , pro- duced by an author generally read ...
... whole Davideis is , however , not much to be regretted ; for in this undertaking , Cowley is , tacitly at least , confessed to have miscarried . There are not many examples of so great a work , pro- duced by an author generally read ...
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