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poses himself sometimes invited , and sometimes forsaken ; fatigues his fancy ,
and ransacks his memory , for images which may exhibit the gaiety of hope , or
the gloominess of despair ; and dresses his imaginary Chloris or Phyllis ...
poses himself sometimes invited , and sometimes forsaken ; fatigues his fancy ,
and ransacks his memory , for images which may exhibit the gaiety of hope , or
the gloominess of despair ; and dresses his imaginary Chloris or Phyllis ...
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But wit , abstracted from its effects upon the hearer , may be more rigorously and
philosophically considered as a kind of discordia concors ; a combination of
dissimilar images , or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently
unlike .
But wit , abstracted from its effects upon the hearer , may be more rigorously and
philosophically considered as a kind of discordia concors ; a combination of
dissimilar images , or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently
unlike .
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Those writers who lay on the watch for novelty , could have little hope of
greatness ; for great things cannot have escaped former observation . Their
attempts were always analytic ; they broke every image into fragments ; and
could no more ...
Those writers who lay on the watch for novelty , could have little hope of
greatness ; for great things cannot have escaped former observation . Their
attempts were always analytic ; they broke every image into fragments ; and
could no more ...
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In forming descriptions , they looked out , not for images , but for conceits . Night
has been a common subject , which poets have contended to adorn . Dryden ' s
Night is well known ; Donne ' s is as follows : Thou seest me here at midnight ...
In forming descriptions , they looked out , not for images , but for conceits . Night
has been a common subject , which poets have contended to adorn . Dryden ' s
Night is well known ; Donne ' s is as follows : Thou seest me here at midnight ...
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The Chronicle is a composition unrivalled and alone : such gaiety of fancy , such
facility of expression , such varied similitude , such a succession of images , and
such a dance of words , it is in vain to expect except from Cowley . His strength ...
The Chronicle is a composition unrivalled and alone : such gaiety of fancy , such
facility of expression , such varied similitude , such a succession of images , and
such a dance of words , it is in vain to expect except from Cowley . His strength ...
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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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