Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1906 - 493 pagina's |
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... endeavoured to be singular in their thoughts , and were careless of their diction . But Pope's account of wit is undoubtedly erroneous : he depresses it below its natural dignity , and reduces it from strength of thought to happiness of ...
... endeavoured to be singular in their thoughts , and were careless of their diction . But Pope's account of wit is undoubtedly erroneous : he depresses it below its natural dignity , and reduces it from strength of thought to happiness of ...
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... endeavoured nor desired to deviate . Nor does Comus afford only a specimen of his language ; it exhibits likewise his power of description and his vigour of sentiment , employed in the praise and defence of virtue . A work more truly ...
... endeavoured nor desired to deviate . Nor does Comus afford only a specimen of his language ; it exhibits likewise his power of description and his vigour of sentiment , employed in the praise and defence of virtue . A work more truly ...
Pagina 193
... endeavoured the improvement of his mind as well as of his fortune . That Clarendon might misjudge the motive of his retirement is the more probable , because he has evidently mistaken the commencement of his poetry , which he supposes ...
... endeavoured the improvement of his mind as well as of his fortune . That Clarendon might misjudge the motive of his retirement is the more probable , because he has evidently mistaken the commencement of his poetry , which he supposes ...
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