Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1938 - English poetry |
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Page 110
... mind , which naturally loves truth , is always most offended with the violation of those truths of which we are most certain ; and we of course conceive those facts most certain , which approach nearest to our own time . Out of this ...
... mind , which naturally loves truth , is always most offended with the violation of those truths of which we are most certain ; and we of course conceive those facts most certain , which approach nearest to our own time . Out of this ...
Page 226
... mind shrinks with disgust . The ideas of pleasure , even when criminal , may solicit the imagina- tion ; but what has disease , deformity , and filth , upon which the thoughts can be allured to dwell ? Delany is willing to think that ...
... mind shrinks with disgust . The ideas of pleasure , even when criminal , may solicit the imagina- tion ; but what has disease , deformity , and filth , upon which the thoughts can be allured to dwell ? Delany is willing to think that ...
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... mind , Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of com- position . Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always smooth , uniform , and gentle . Dry- den's page is a natural field , rising into inequalities , and diversified ...
... mind , Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of com- position . Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always smooth , uniform , and gentle . Dry- den's page is a natural field , rising into inequalities , and diversified ...
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