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A memory admitting some things , and rejecting others , an intellectual digestion
that concocted the pulp of learning , but refused the husks , had the appearance
of an instinctive elegance , of a particular provision made by Nature for literary ...
A memory admitting some things , and rejecting others , an intellectual digestion
that concocted the pulp of learning , but refused the husks , had the appearance
of an instinctive elegance , of a particular provision made by Nature for literary ...
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The metaphysical poets were men of learning , and to shew their learning was
their whole endeavour : but , unluckily resolving to shew it in rhyme , instead of
writing poetry they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the
trial of ...
The metaphysical poets were men of learning , and to shew their learning was
their whole endeavour : but , unluckily resolving to shew it in rhyme , instead of
writing poetry they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the
trial of ...
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The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together ; nature and art
are ransacked for illustrations , comparisons , and allusions ; their learning
instructs , and their subtlety surprises ; but the reader commonly thinks his
improvement ...
The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together ; nature and art
are ransacked for illustrations , comparisons , and allusions ; their learning
instructs , and their subtlety surprises ; but the reader commonly thinks his
improvement ...
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As the authors of this race were perhaps more desirous of being admired than
understood , they sometimes drew their conceits from recesses of learning not
very much frequented by common readers of poetry . Thus Cowley on
Knowledge ...
As the authors of this race were perhaps more desirous of being admired than
understood , they sometimes drew their conceits from recesses of learning not
very much frequented by common readers of poetry . Thus Cowley on
Knowledge ...
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... his medicinal knowledge in some encomiastic verses : In every thing there
naturally grows A Balsainum to keep it fresh and new , If ' twere not injur ' d by
extrinsic blows ; Your youth and beauty are this balm in you . But you , of learning
and ...
... his medicinal knowledge in some encomiastic verses : In every thing there
naturally grows A Balsainum to keep it fresh and new , If ' twere not injur ' d by
extrinsic blows ; Your youth and beauty are this balm in you . But you , of learning
and ...
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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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