The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volume 1C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Davies, T. Payne, L. Davis, W. Owen, B. White, S. Crowder, T. Caslon, T. Longman, B. Law, C. Dilly, J. Dodsley, J. Wilkie, J. Robson, J. Johnson, T. Lowndes, G. Robinson, T. Cadell, J. Nichols, E. Newbery, T. Evans, P. Elmsly, R. Baldwin, G. Nicol, Leigh and Sotheby, J. Bew, N. Conant, W. Nicoll, J. Murray, S. Hayes, W. Fox, and J. Bowen., 1783 |
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... which , fometimes remembered , and perhaps fometimes forgotten , produce that particular designation of mind , and pro- penfity for some certain science or employ- ment , 5 • par- ment , which is commonly called Genius . 2 COWLEY .
... which , fometimes remembered , and perhaps fometimes forgotten , produce that particular designation of mind , and pro- penfity for some certain science or employ- ment , 5 • par- ment , which is commonly called Genius . 2 COWLEY .
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... called Genius . The true Genius is a mind of large general powers , accidentally determined to fome ticular direction . Sir Joshua Reynolds , the great Painter of the prefent age , had the first fondness for his art excited by the ...
... called Genius . The true Genius is a mind of large general powers , accidentally determined to fome ticular direction . Sir Joshua Reynolds , the great Painter of the prefent age , had the first fondness for his art excited by the ...
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... old ; and " Conftantia and Philetus , " written two years after . 66 While he was yet at fchool he produced a comedy called " Love's Riddle , " though it was not published till he had been fome time it 4 CO W LE Y. COWLEY . COWLEY,
... old ; and " Conftantia and Philetus , " written two years after . 66 While he was yet at fchool he produced a comedy called " Love's Riddle , " though it was not published till he had been fome time it 4 CO W LE Y. COWLEY . COWLEY,
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... called " The Puritan and Papift , " which was only inferted in the laft collection of his works ; and so distinguished himself by the warmth of his loyalty , and the elegance of his con- verfation , that he gained the kindness and ...
... called " The Puritan and Papift , " which was only inferted in the laft collection of his works ; and so distinguished himself by the warmth of his loyalty , and the elegance of his con- verfation , that he gained the kindness and ...
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... called " The Com- " plaint ; " in which he ftyles himself the melancholy Cowley . This met with the ufual fortune of complaints , and feems to have ex- cited more contempt than pity . C 2 Thefe These unlucky incidents are brought , ma ...
... called " The Com- " plaint ; " in which he ftyles himself the melancholy Cowley . This met with the ufual fortune of complaints , and feems to have ex- cited more contempt than pity . C 2 Thefe These unlucky incidents are brought , ma ...
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