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... admiration . HAVING thus endeavoured to exhibit a general re- presentation of the style and sentiments of the meta- physical poets , it is now proper to examine particularly the works of Cowley , who was almost the last of that race ...
... admiration . HAVING thus endeavoured to exhibit a general re- presentation of the style and sentiments of the meta- physical poets , it is now proper to examine particularly the works of Cowley , who was almost the last of that race ...
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... admiration which is due to great comprehension of knowledge , and great fertility of fancy . thoughts are often new , and often striking ; but the greatness of one part is disgraced by the littleness of another ; and total negligence of ...
... admiration which is due to great comprehension of knowledge , and great fertility of fancy . thoughts are often new , and often striking ; but the greatness of one part is disgraced by the littleness of another ; and total negligence of ...
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... admired , because , to write it , the author must be master of two of the most different talents in nature . A talent ... Admiration and laughter are of such opposite natures , that they are seldom created by the same person . The man of ...
... admired , because , to write it , the author must be master of two of the most different talents in nature . A talent ... Admiration and laughter are of such opposite natures , that they are seldom created by the same person . The man of ...
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