Lives of the English Poets, Waller, Milton, CowleyCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... means anything , a spiritless mildness , and dull good - nature , such as excites rather tenderness and esteem , and such as , though always treated with kindness , is never honoured or admired . Yet he describes Sacharissa as a sublime ...
... means anything , a spiritless mildness , and dull good - nature , such as excites rather tenderness and esteem , and such as , though always treated with kindness , is never honoured or admired . Yet he describes Sacharissa as a sublime ...
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... mean , and in part ridiculously tumid . The poem , however , is such as may be justly praised , without much allowance for the state of our poetry and language at that time . The two next poems are upon the king's behaviour at the death ...
... mean , and in part ridiculously tumid . The poem , however , is such as may be justly praised , without much allowance for the state of our poetry and language at that time . The two next poems are upon the king's behaviour at the death ...
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... mean . His praise of the Queen is too much exaggerated ; and the thought , that he " saves lovers , by cutting off hope , as gangrenes are cured by lopping the limb , " presents nothing to the mind but disgust and horror . Of the Battle ...
... mean . His praise of the Queen is too much exaggerated ; and the thought , that he " saves lovers , by cutting off hope , as gangrenes are cured by lopping the limb , " presents nothing to the mind but disgust and horror . Of the Battle ...
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Samuel Johnson. " of learning and an honest trade , by which means such of them as had the gift , being enabled to support themselves ( without tithes ) by the latter , may , by the help of the former , become worthy preachers . One of ...
Samuel Johnson. " of learning and an honest trade , by which means such of them as had the gift , being enabled to support themselves ( without tithes ) by the latter , may , by the help of the former , become worthy preachers . One of ...
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... means than Milton of knowing what was wanting to the embellishments of life , formed the same plan of education in his imaginary college . But the truth is , that the knowledge of external nature , and the sciences which that knowledge ...
... means than Milton of knowing what was wanting to the embellishments of life , formed the same plan of education in his imaginary college . But the truth is , that the knowledge of external nature , and the sciences which that knowledge ...
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