The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... thought which at once fills the whole mind , and which the first effect is sud- den astonishment , and the second rational admira- tion . Sublimity is produced by aggregation , and littleness by dispersion . Great thoughts are always ...
... thought which at once fills the whole mind , and which the first effect is sud- den astonishment , and the second rational admira- tion . Sublimity is produced by aggregation , and littleness by dispersion . Great thoughts are always ...
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... thought that a good man is a telescope ? Though God be our true glass through which we see All , since the being of all things is he ; Yet are the trunks , which do to us derive Things in proportion fit , by perspective Deeds of good ...
... thought that a good man is a telescope ? Though God be our true glass through which we see All , since the being of all things is he ; Yet are the trunks , which do to us derive Things in proportion fit , by perspective Deeds of good ...
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Samuel Johnson. on Sir Henry Wotton is vigorous and happy : the series of thoughts is easy and natural ; and the ... thought sufficiently at ease that could attend to such mi- nuteness of physiology . But the power of Cowley is not ...
Samuel Johnson. on Sir Henry Wotton is vigorous and happy : the series of thoughts is easy and natural ; and the ... thought sufficiently at ease that could attend to such mi- nuteness of physiology . But the power of Cowley is not ...
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... thought . Real mirth must always be natural , and nature is uniform . Men have been wise in very different modes ; but they have always laughed the same way . Levity of thought naturally produced familiarity of language , and the ...
... thought . Real mirth must always be natural , and nature is uniform . Men have been wise in very different modes ; but they have always laughed the same way . Levity of thought naturally produced familiarity of language , and the ...
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... thought is more generally , and there- fore more poetically expressed by Casimir , a writer who has many of the beauties and faults of Cow- ley : Omnibus Mundi Dominator horis Aptat urgendas per inane pennas , Pars adhuc nido latet , et ...
... thought is more generally , and there- fore more poetically expressed by Casimir , a writer who has many of the beauties and faults of Cow- ley : Omnibus Mundi Dominator horis Aptat urgendas per inane pennas , Pars adhuc nido latet , et ...
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