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... that he always acknowledged her care , and justly paid the dues of filial gratitude . In the window of his mother's apartment lay Spenser's Fairy Queen ; in which he very early VOL . I. B took delight to read , till , by feeling the.
... that he always acknowledged her care , and justly paid the dues of filial gratitude . In the window of his mother's apartment lay Spenser's Fairy Queen ; in which he very early VOL . I. B took delight to read , till , by feeling the.
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Samuel Johnson. took delight to read , till , by feeling the charms of verse , he became , as he relates , irrecoverably a poet . Such are the accidents which , sometimes re- membered , and perhaps sometimes forgotten , pro- duce that ...
Samuel Johnson. took delight to read , till , by feeling the charms of verse , he became , as he relates , irrecoverably a poet . Such are the accidents which , sometimes re- membered , and perhaps sometimes forgotten , pro- duce that ...
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... delights of solitary studies , of temperate pleasures , and a moderate revenue below the malice and flatteries of fortune . " So differently are things seen ! and so differently are they shewn ! but actions are visible , though motives ...
... delights of solitary studies , of temperate pleasures , and a moderate revenue below the malice and flatteries of fortune . " So differently are things seen ! and so differently are they shewn ! but actions are visible , though motives ...
Pagina 33
... delight , Who , whilst thou should'st but taste , devour'st it quite ! Thou bring'st us an estate , yet leav'st us poor , By clogging it with legacies before ! The joys which we entire should wed , Come deflower'd virgins to our bed ...
... delight , Who , whilst thou should'st but taste , devour'st it quite ! Thou bring'st us an estate , yet leav'st us poor , By clogging it with legacies before ! The joys which we entire should wed , Come deflower'd virgins to our bed ...
Pagina 34
... delight by their desire of exciting admira- tion . HAVING thus endeavoured to exhibit a general representation of the style and sentiments of the metaphysical poets , it is now proper to examine particularly the works of Cowley , who ...
... delight by their desire of exciting admira- tion . HAVING thus endeavoured to exhibit a general representation of the style and sentiments of the metaphysical poets , it is now proper to examine particularly the works of Cowley , who ...
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