LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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Page 41
... attention ; for Waller remarked , " that he broke out , " like the Irish rebellion , threescore thousand strong when nobody was aware , " or in the least suspected it : " an observation which could have had no pro- priety , had his ...
... attention ; for Waller remarked , " that he broke out , " like the Irish rebellion , threescore thousand strong when nobody was aware , " or in the least suspected it : " an observation which could have had no pro- priety , had his ...
Page 42
... attention to money ; for Wood says , that he got by this place seven thousand pounds . After the Restoration he wrote the poem on Prudence and Justice , and per- haps some of his other pieces : and as he appears , whenever any serious ...
... attention to money ; for Wood says , that he got by this place seven thousand pounds . After the Restoration he wrote the poem on Prudence and Justice , and per- haps some of his other pieces : and as he appears , whenever any serious ...
Page 54
... attention from life to nature . They seem to think , that we are placed here to watch the growth of plants , or the motions of the stars . Socrates was rather of opinion , that what we had to learn was , how to do good , and avoid evil ...
... attention from life to nature . They seem to think , that we are placed here to watch the growth of plants , or the motions of the stars . Socrates was rather of opinion , that what we had to learn was , how to do good , and avoid evil ...
Page 59
... attention ; and he who told every man that he was equal to his King , could hardly want an audience . That the performance of Salmasius was not dispersed with equal rapidity , or read with equal eagerness , is very credible . He taught ...
... attention ; and he who told every man that he was equal to his King , could hardly want an audience . That the performance of Salmasius was not dispersed with equal rapidity , or read with equal eagerness , is very credible . He taught ...
Page 78
... attention than the end ; and as those that understand it know commonly the beginning best , its rehearsal will seldom be necessary . It is not likely that Milton required any passage to be so much repeated as that his daughter could ...
... attention than the end ; and as those that understand it know commonly the beginning best , its rehearsal will seldom be necessary . It is not likely that Milton required any passage to be so much repeated as that his daughter could ...
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