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... delight was to sport in the wide regions of possibility ; reality was a scene too narrow for his mind . He sent his faculties out upon discovery , into worlds where only imagination can travel , and de- lighted to form new modes of ...
... delight was to sport in the wide regions of possibility ; reality was a scene too narrow for his mind . He sent his faculties out upon discovery , into worlds where only imagination can travel , and de- lighted to form new modes of ...
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... delighted to talk of liberty and necessity , destiny and contingence ; these he discusses in the language of the ... delight was in wild and daring sallies of sentiment , in the irregular and eccentric violence of wit . He delighted ...
... delighted to talk of liberty and necessity , destiny and contingence ; these he discusses in the language of the ... delight was in wild and daring sallies of sentiment , in the irregular and eccentric violence of wit . He delighted ...
Pagina 327
... delight to heat potted lampreys . That he loved too well to eat is certain ; but that his sensuality shortened his life will not be hastily concluded , when it is remembered that a conforma- tion so irregular lasted six and fifty years ...
... delight to heat potted lampreys . That he loved too well to eat is certain ; but that his sensuality shortened his life will not be hastily concluded , when it is remembered that a conforma- tion so irregular lasted six and fifty years ...
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From The Life of Abraham Cowley | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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