The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pagina's |
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... labour . 66 66 he Among the English poets , Cowley , Milton , and Pope , might be said " to lisp in numbers ; " and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy minds ...
... labour . 66 66 he Among the English poets , Cowley , Milton , and Pope , might be said " to lisp in numbers ; " and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy minds ...
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... labour , directed by great abilities , is never wholly lost : if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits , they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth : if their conceits were far - fetched , they were often ...
... labour , directed by great abilities , is never wholly lost : if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits , they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth : if their conceits were far - fetched , they were often ...
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... labour should co - operate , are thus taught by Donne : In none but us are such mix'd engines found , As hands of double office ; for the ground We till with them ; and them to Heaven we raise ; Who prayerless labours , or , without ...
... labour should co - operate , are thus taught by Donne : In none but us are such mix'd engines found , As hands of double office ; for the ground We till with them ; and them to Heaven we raise ; Who prayerless labours , or , without ...
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... labour pay With good unsought experiments by the way . Some that have deeper digg'd Love's mine than I , Say , where his centric happiness doth lie : I have lov'd , and got , and told ; But should I love , get , tell , till I were old ...
... labour pay With good unsought experiments by the way . Some that have deeper digg'd Love's mine than I , Say , where his centric happiness doth lie : I have lov'd , and got , and told ; But should I love , get , tell , till I were old ...
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... labour'd birth of slavish brains , Not the effect of poetry , but pains ; Cheap vulgar arts , whose narrowness affords No flight for thoughts , but poorly stick at words . A new and nobler way thou dost pursue , To make translations and ...
... labour'd birth of slavish brains , Not the effect of poetry , but pains ; Cheap vulgar arts , whose narrowness affords No flight for thoughts , but poorly stick at words . A new and nobler way thou dost pursue , To make translations and ...
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