The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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Page 27
... Reason , are no mean specimens of metaphysical poetry . The stanzas against knowledge produce little conviction . In those which are intended to exalt the human faculties , reason has its proper task assigned it ; that of judging , not ...
... Reason , are no mean specimens of metaphysical poetry . The stanzas against knowledge produce little conviction . In those which are intended to exalt the human faculties , reason has its proper task assigned it ; that of judging , not ...
Page 34
... reason enough for supposing that the ancient audiences were delighted with the sound . The imita- tor ought therefore to have adopted what he found , and to have added what was wanting ; to have preserved a constant return of the same ...
... reason enough for supposing that the ancient audiences were delighted with the sound . The imita- tor ought therefore to have adopted what he found , and to have added what was wanting ; to have preserved a constant return of the same ...
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... reason be inquired , it will be found partly in the choice of the subject , and partly in the performance of the work . Sacred History has been always read with submissive reverence , and an imagination overawed and controlled . We have ...
... reason be inquired , it will be found partly in the choice of the subject , and partly in the performance of the work . Sacred History has been always read with submissive reverence , and an imagination overawed and controlled . We have ...
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... reason for Rymer's censure . He says of the Supreme Being , Hà sotto i piedi fato e la natura Ministri humili , e'l moto , e ch'il misura . The second line has in it more of pedantry than perhaps can be found in any other stanza of the ...
... reason for Rymer's censure . He says of the Supreme Being , Hà sotto i piedi fato e la natura Ministri humili , e'l moto , e ch'il misura . The second line has in it more of pedantry than perhaps can be found in any other stanza of the ...
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... reason is always reason : they have an intrinsic and unalterable value , and constitute that intellectual gold which defies destruction ; but gold may 42 COWLEY .
... reason is always reason : they have an intrinsic and unalterable value , and constitute that intellectual gold which defies destruction ; but gold may 42 COWLEY .
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