Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1J. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1925 - 404 pagina's |
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Pagina 104
... fancy without the censure of extravagance . The appearances of nature , and the occurrences of life , did not satiate his appetite of greatness . To paint things as they are requires a minute attention , and employs the memory rather ...
... fancy without the censure of extravagance . The appearances of nature , and the occurrences of life , did not satiate his appetite of greatness . To paint things as they are requires a minute attention , and employs the memory rather ...
Pagina 174
... fancy ; but this is rarely to be hoped by Christians from metrical devotion . Whatever is great , desirable , or tremendous , is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being . Omnipotence cannot be exalted ; Infinity cannot be amplified ...
... fancy ; but this is rarely to be hoped by Christians from metrical devotion . Whatever is great , desirable , or tremendous , is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being . Omnipotence cannot be exalted ; Infinity cannot be amplified ...
Pagina 186
... fancy , that nothing was proposed to him in which he could not suddenly produce a thought extremely pleasant and surprising ; and those first thoughts of his , contrary to the Latin proverb , were not always the least happy , and as his ...
... fancy , that nothing was proposed to him in which he could not suddenly produce a thought extremely pleasant and surprising ; and those first thoughts of his , contrary to the Latin proverb , were not always the least happy , and as his ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
GEORGE GRANVILLE LORD Lansdown 1665173435 | 35 |
INTRODUCTION by L ArcherHind | 44 |
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