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Pagina 7
... genuine wit and useful than partakers of human nature ; as beings knowledge
may be sometimes found buried perlooking upon good and evil , impassive and
at haps in grossness of expression , but useful to leisure ; as Epicurean deities ...
... genuine wit and useful than partakers of human nature ; as beings knowledge
may be sometimes found buried perlooking upon good and evil , impassive and
at haps in grossness of expression , but useful to leisure ; as Epicurean deities ...
Pagina 8
Twere incest , which by nature is forbid . manna , Thus Donne shows his
medicinal knowledge The love of different women is , in geographiin some
encomiastic verses : cal poetry , compared to travels through different countries :
In every thiug ...
Twere incest , which by nature is forbid . manna , Thus Donne shows his
medicinal knowledge The love of different women is , in geographiin some
encomiastic verses : cal poetry , compared to travels through different countries :
In every thiug ...
Pagina 12
... without a rival . It supplied the knowledge , but not the gayety . was about the
time of Cowley that wit , which The verses to Davenant , which are vigoroushad
been till then used for intellection , in contra ly begun , and happily concluded ...
... without a rival . It supplied the knowledge , but not the gayety . was about the
time of Cowley that wit , which The verses to Davenant , which are vigoroushad
been till then used for intellection , in contra ly begun , and happily concluded ...
Pagina 13
upon his is life , which general tendency of his opinion tuous , and the Like
Whiston wanting pyx or stars , the plenitude of the writer's knowledge flows io In
ocean wide or sinks o : strays . page , so that the reader is commonly surprised
into ...
upon his is life , which general tendency of his opinion tuous , and the Like
Whiston wanting pyx or stars , the plenitude of the writer's knowledge flows io In
ocean wide or sinks o : strays . page , so that the reader is commonly surprised
into ...
Pagina 16
... who was , he says , serve at least that admiration which is due to great
comprehension of knowledge , and great , Once general of a gilded host of
sprites , fertility of fancy . The thoughts are often Like Hesper leading forth the
spangled nights ...
... who was , he says , serve at least that admiration which is due to great
comprehension of knowledge , and great , Once general of a gilded host of
sprites , fertility of fancy . The thoughts are often Like Hesper leading forth the
spangled nights ...
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | The Lives of the English Poets |
| Auteur | Samuel Johnson |
| Uitgever | Jones and Company, 1848 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | Harvard University |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 28 feb 2019 |
| Lengte | 365 pagina's |
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