Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Gateway Editions, 1955 - 400 pagina's |
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... learning , and to show their learning was their whole endeavour ; but , unluckily resolving to show it in rhyme , instead of writing poetry they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than ...
... learning , and to show their learning was their whole endeavour ; but , unluckily resolving to show it in rhyme , instead of writing poetry they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than ...
Pagina 53
... Learning once made popular is no longer learning ; it has the appearance of something which we have bestowed upon ourselves , as the dew ap- pears to rise from the field which it refreshes . To judge rightly of an author , we must ...
... Learning once made popular is no longer learning ; it has the appearance of something which we have bestowed upon ourselves , as the dew ap- pears to rise from the field which it refreshes . To judge rightly of an author , we must ...
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... learning , but learning out of place . When once he had engaged himself in disputation , thoughts flowed in on either side : he was now no longer at a loss ; he had always objections and solu- tions at command : " verbaque provisam rem ...
... learning , but learning out of place . When once he had engaged himself in disputation , thoughts flowed in on either side : he was now no longer at a loss ; he had always objections and solu- tions at command : " verbaque provisam rem ...
Inhoudsopgave
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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