“The” Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Volume 2Tauchnitz, 1858 - 429 pages |
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... prose . His whole life had been action , and none ever denied him the resplendent qualities of steady resolution and personal courage . He was really in Prior's mind what he represents him in his verses ; 1 * PRIOR . 3.
... prose . His whole life had been action , and none ever denied him the resplendent qualities of steady resolution and personal courage . He was really in Prior's mind what he represents him in his verses ; 1 * PRIOR . 3.
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In Two Volumes Samuel Johnson. Prior's mind what he represents him in his verses ; he con- sidered him as a hero , and was accustomed to say that he praised others in compliance with the fashion , but that in celebrating King William he ...
In Two Volumes Samuel Johnson. Prior's mind what he represents him in his verses ; he con- sidered him as a hero , and was accustomed to say that he praised others in compliance with the fashion , but that in celebrating King William he ...
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... mind with change of language and succession of images ; every couplet when produced is new , and novelty is the great source of pleasure . Perhaps no man ever thought a line superfluous when he first wrote it , or contracted his work ...
... mind with change of language and succession of images ; every couplet when produced is new , and novelty is the great source of pleasure . Perhaps no man ever thought a line superfluous when he first wrote it , or contracted his work ...
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... mind replete with images and quick in combination . Of his miscellaneous poetry I cannot say any thing very favourable . The powers of Congreve seem to desert him when he leaves the stage , as Antæus was no longer strong than when he ...
... mind replete with images and quick in combination . Of his miscellaneous poetry I cannot say any thing very favourable . The powers of Congreve seem to desert him when he leaves the stage , as Antæus was no longer strong than when he ...
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... mind be without its praise , had he not paid the homage to greatness which he denied to genius , and degraded himself by conferring that authority over the national taste which he takes from the poets upon men of high rank and wide ...
... mind be without its praise , had he not paid the homage to greatness which he denied to genius , and degraded himself by conferring that authority over the national taste which he takes from the poets upon men of high rank and wide ...
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