The Lives of the English PoetsJones and Company, 1848 - 365 pagina's |
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Pagina 1
... sometimes for- gotten , produce that particular designation of mind , and propensity for some certain science or employment , which is commonly called genius . The true genius is a mind of large general powers , accidentally determined ...
... sometimes for- gotten , produce that particular designation of mind , and propensity for some certain science or employment , which is commonly called genius . The true genius is a mind of large general powers , accidentally determined ...
Pagina 3
... sometimes invited , and sometimes for- saken ; fatigues his fancy , and ransacks his me- mory , for images which may exhibit the gayety of hope , or the gloominess of despair ; and dres- ses his imaginary Chloris or Phyllis , some ...
... sometimes invited , and sometimes for- saken ; fatigues his fancy , and ransacks his me- mory , for images which may exhibit the gayety of hope , or the gloominess of despair ; and dres- ses his imaginary Chloris or Phyllis , some ...
Pagina 6
... dearly bought , and , though he sometimes admires , is seldom pleased . From this account of their compositions it will be readily inferred , that they were not be retrieved , or something new is to be exam- 6 . COWLEY .
... dearly bought , and , though he sometimes admires , is seldom pleased . From this account of their compositions it will be readily inferred , that they were not be retrieved , or something new is to be exam- 6 . COWLEY .
Pagina 7
... sometimes found buried per- haps in grossness of 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 ...
... sometimes found buried per- haps in grossness of 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 ...
Pagina 14
... sometimes despise as trifling , always admire as ingenious , and al- ways condemn as unnatural . The Pindaric Odes are now to be considered ; a species of composition , which Cowley thinks Pancirolus might have counted in " his list of ...
... sometimes despise as trifling , always admire as ingenious , and al- ways condemn as unnatural . The Pindaric Odes are now to be considered ; a species of composition , which Cowley thinks Pancirolus might have counted in " his list of ...
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