Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1H. Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1906 - 493 pagina's |
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Pagina 40
... least that admiration which is due to great comprehension of knowledge , and great fertility of fancy . The thoughts are often new , and often striking ; but the greatness of one part is disgraced by the littleness of another ; and ...
... least that admiration which is due to great comprehension of knowledge , and great fertility of fancy . The thoughts are often new , and often striking ; but the greatness of one part is disgraced by the littleness of another ; and ...
Pagina 63
... least as those of other poets , though now and then the reader is shifted off with what he can get . ' O how transform'd ! How much unlike that Hector , who return'd Clad in Achilles ' spoils ! ' And again , ' From thence a thousand ...
... least as those of other poets , though now and then the reader is shifted off with what he can get . ' O how transform'd ! How much unlike that Hector , who return'd Clad in Achilles ' spoils ! ' And again , ' From thence a thousand ...
Pagina 203
... least by one wealthy marriage , he left , about the time of the Revolution , an income of not more than twelve or thirteen hundred ; which , when the different value of money is reckoned , will be found perhaps not more than a fourth ...
... least by one wealthy marriage , he left , about the time of the Revolution , an income of not more than twelve or thirteen hundred ; which , when the different value of money is reckoned , will be found perhaps not more than a fourth ...
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