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Pagina 1
In the window of his mother ' s apartment lay Spenser ' s Fairy Queen ; in which
he very early took delight to read , till , by feeling the charms of verse , he became
, as he relates , irrecoverably a poet . Such are the accidents which , sometimes ...
In the window of his mother ' s apartment lay Spenser ' s Fairy Queen ; in which
he very early took delight to read , till , by feeling the charms of verse , he became
, as he relates , irrecoverably a poet . Such are the accidents which , sometimes ...
Pagina 9
Those were the reasons that made him to follow the violent inclination of his own
mind , which , in the greatest throng of his former business , had still called upon
him , and represented to him the true delights of solitary studies , of temperate ...
Those were the reasons that made him to follow the violent inclination of his own
mind , which , in the greatest throng of his former business , had still called upon
him , and represented to him the true delights of solitary studies , of temperate ...
Pagina 24
Hope , thou bold taster of delight , Who , whilst thou should ' st but taste , devour '
st it quite ! Thou bring ' st us an estate , yet leav ' st us poor , By clogging it with
legacies before ! The joys which we entire should wed , Come deflower ' d virgins
...
Hope , thou bold taster of delight , Who , whilst thou should ' st but taste , devour '
st it quite ! Thou bring ' st us an estate , yet leav ' st us poor , By clogging it with
legacies before ! The joys which we entire should wed , Come deflower ' d virgins
...
Pagina 25
In all these examples it is apparent , that whatever is improper or vicious is
produced by a voluntary deviation from nature in pursuit of something new and
strange ; and that the writers fail to give delight by their desire of exciting
admiration .
In all these examples it is apparent , that whatever is improper or vicious is
produced by a voluntary deviation from nature in pursuit of something new and
strange ; and that the writers fail to give delight by their desire of exciting
admiration .
Pagina 29
Cowley delighted in it , as much as if he had invented it ; but , not to mention the
ancients , he might have found it full - blown in modern Italy . Thus Sannazaro :
Aspice quam variis distringar Lesbia curis ! Uror , et hea ! nostro manat ab igne ...
Cowley delighted in it , as much as if he had invented it ; but , not to mention the
ancients , he might have found it full - blown in modern Italy . Thus Sannazaro :
Aspice quam variis distringar Lesbia curis ! Uror , et hea ! nostro manat ab igne ...
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| Titel | The Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Volume 1 Volumes 418-419 van Collection of British authors Volumes 418-419 van Tauchnitz edition. Collection of British authors The Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Johnson Volume 1 van The lives of the english poets, Samuel Johnson |
| Auteur | Johnson |
| Uitgever | Tauchnitz, 1858 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | Universiteit Gent |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 16 juni 2008 |
| Lengte | 4 pagina's |
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