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Pagina 13
... poet , Swift a statesman and a satirist . Hazlitt wrote biographies , even Lamb produced plays and poems ; while the fame of Carlyle and Macaulay is based upon their histories , and the monument of THE GENESIS OF THE ESSAY 13.
... poet , Swift a statesman and a satirist . Hazlitt wrote biographies , even Lamb produced plays and poems ; while the fame of Carlyle and Macaulay is based upon their histories , and the monument of THE GENESIS OF THE ESSAY 13.
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... Poets , which are critical essays . These " sallies " of a full mind , written with an easy sense of power and complete command of wide resources , bring us nearer to Johnson than anything else which he has written . It is perhaps not ...
... Poets , which are critical essays . These " sallies " of a full mind , written with an easy sense of power and complete command of wide resources , bring us nearer to Johnson than anything else which he has written . It is perhaps not ...
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... poet very dear to me- now out - of - fashion - Cowley . Favour me with your judg- ment of him , and tell me if his prose essays , in particular , as well as no inconsiderable part of his verse , be not de- licious . I prefer the ...
... poet very dear to me- now out - of - fashion - Cowley . Favour me with your judg- ment of him , and tell me if his prose essays , in particular , as well as no inconsiderable part of his verse , be not de- licious . I prefer the ...
Pagina 30
... poet's relation doth well figure them ; that he that preferred Helena , quitted the gifts of Juno and Pallas : for whosoever esteemeth too much of amourous affection , quitteth both riches and wisdom . This passion hath his floods in ...
... poet's relation doth well figure them ; that he that preferred Helena , quitted the gifts of Juno and Pallas : for whosoever esteemeth too much of amourous affection , quitteth both riches and wisdom . This passion hath his floods in ...
Pagina 51
... poet ; but this , like many ancient customs , is perpetuated only by an accidental imitation , without knowledge of the original reason for which it was established : " Causa latet : res est notissima . " The cause is secret , but th ...
... poet ; but this , like many ancient customs , is perpetuated only by an accidental imitation , without knowledge of the original reason for which it was established : " Causa latet : res est notissima . " The cause is secret , but th ...
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The Great English Essayists: With Introductory Essays and Notes William James Dawson,Coningsby Dawson Volledige weergave - 1909 |
The Great English Essayists: With Introductory Essays and Notes William James Dawson,Coningsby Dawson Volledige weergave - 1909 |
The Great English Essayists: With Introductory Essays and Notes William James Dawson,Coningsby Dawson Volledige weergave - 1909 |
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Addison admirable April Fool Bacon beauty Bishop Bishop of Beauvais called Carlyle character Charles Lamb Charlesfort critical Daniel Defoe death Defoe delight Domrémy earth English essayists eyes fancy fear feel France garret genius give Goldsmith grave Gray hand hath hear heard heart heaven honour human humour hundred John Milton Johnson Jonathan Swift lady learned letter essay literary literature live look Lord Matthew Arnold ment Milton mind Montaigne moral nature never night observe Oliver Goldsmith once pain pass passion perhaps person pleasure poem poet poetry poor prose reader rest Richard Dowling Samuel Johnson seemed short-story essay sometimes soul spirit Stella style suffer sweet Swift thee things Thomas De Quincey thou thought tion told true truth turn verse whole William Hazlitt words writes young