The Lives of the English PoetsJones and Company, 1848 - 365 pagina's |
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... expression when the Lives were collected into volumes . The satire was added to Cowley's Works by the particular di- rection of Dr. Johnson . - N . currences . The man that sits down to suppose himself charged with treason peculation ...
... expression when the Lives were collected into volumes . The satire was added to Cowley's Works by the particular di- rection of Dr. Johnson . - N . currences . The man that sits down to suppose himself charged with treason peculation ...
Pagina 3
... expression from a secretary of the pre- sent time would be considered as merely ludi- crous , or at most as an ostentatious display of scholarship ; but the manners of that time were so tinged with superstition , that I cannot but ...
... expression from a secretary of the pre- sent time would be considered as merely ludi- crous , or at most as an ostentatious display of scholarship ; but the manners of that time were so tinged with superstition , that I cannot but ...
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... expressions , and to leave curiosity often unsatisfied . What he did not tell , cannot however now be known ; I must therefore recommend the perusal of his work , to which my narration can be considered only as a slender supplement ...
... expressions , and to leave curiosity often unsatisfied . What he did not tell , cannot however now be known ; I must therefore recommend the perusal of his work , to which my narration can be considered only as a slender supplement ...
Pagina 7
... expression , but useful to those who know their value ; and such as , when they are expanded to perspicuity , and polished to elegance , may give lustre to works which have more propriety , though less copious- ness of sentiment ...
... expression , but useful to those who know their value ; and such as , when they are expanded to perspicuity , and polished to elegance , may give lustre to works which have more propriety , though less copious- ness of sentiment ...
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... expressions were some- times grossly absurd , and such as no figures or license can reconcile to the understanding . 128 A LOVER NEITHER DEAD NOR ALIVE . Then down ' I laid my head Down on cold earth ; and for a while was dead , And my ...
... expressions were some- times grossly absurd , and such as no figures or license can reconcile to the understanding . 128 A LOVER NEITHER DEAD NOR ALIVE . Then down ' I laid my head Down on cold earth ; and for a while was dead , And my ...
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