The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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Page 39
... action cannot be known . Of characters either not yet introduced , or shewn but upon few occasions , the full extent and the nice discriminations cannot be ascertained . The fable is plainly implex , formed rather from the Odyssey than ...
... action cannot be known . Of characters either not yet introduced , or shewn but upon few occasions , the full extent and the nice discriminations cannot be ascertained . The fable is plainly implex , formed rather from the Odyssey than ...
Page 42
... action , would be degraded and obscured by a garb appropriated to the gross employments of rustics or mechanics ; so the most heroic sentiments will lose their efficacy , and the most splendid ideas drop their magnificence , if they are ...
... action , would be degraded and obscured by a garb appropriated to the gross employments of rustics or mechanics ; so the most heroic sentiments will lose their efficacy , and the most splendid ideas drop their magnificence , if they are ...
Page 44
... actions be confin'd By my own present mind . Who by resolves and vows engag'd does stand , For days that yet belong to fate , Does , like an unthrift , mortgage his estate Before it falls into his hand ; The bondman of the cloister so ...
... actions be confin'd By my own present mind . Who by resolves and vows engag'd does stand , For days that yet belong to fate , Does , like an unthrift , mortgage his estate Before it falls into his hand ; The bondman of the cloister so ...
Page 63
... action , vapours away his patriotism in a private boarding - school . This is the period of his life from which all his biographers seem inclined to shrink . They are unwilling that Milton should be degraded to a schoolmaster ; but ...
... action , vapours away his patriotism in a private boarding - school . This is the period of his life from which all his biographers seem inclined to shrink . They are unwilling that Milton should be degraded to a schoolmaster ; but ...
Page 64
... action or conversation , whether we wish to be useful or pleasing , the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong ; the next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind , and with those examples which ...
... action or conversation , whether we wish to be useful or pleasing , the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong ; the next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind , and with those examples which ...
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