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Pagina 19
... means exility of parti- cles , is taken in its metaphorical meaning for nicety of distinction . Those writers who lay on the watch for novelty , could have little hope of greatness ; for great things cannot have escaped former obser ...
... means exility of parti- cles , is taken in its metaphorical meaning for nicety of distinction . Those writers who lay on the watch for novelty , could have little hope of greatness ; for great things cannot have escaped former obser ...
Pagina 37
... mean specimens of metaphysical poetry . The stanzas against knowledge produce little conviction . In those which are intended to exalt the human faculties , reason has its proper task assigned it ; that of judging , not of things re ...
... mean specimens of metaphysical poetry . The stanzas against knowledge produce little conviction . In those which are intended to exalt the human faculties , reason has its proper task assigned it ; that of judging , not of things re ...
Pagina 45
... mean ; for , gentle year , Although I fear There's of this caution little need , Yet , gentle year , take heed How thou dost make Such a mistake ; Such love I mean alone As by thy cruel predecessors has been shewn ; For , though I have ...
... mean ; for , gentle year , Although I fear There's of this caution little need , Yet , gentle year , take heed How thou dost make Such a mistake ; Such love I mean alone As by thy cruel predecessors has been shewn ; For , though I have ...
Pagina 47
... mean in the materials . Yet surely those verses are not without a just claim to praise ; of which it may be said with truth , that no man but Cowley could have written them . The Davideis now remains to be considered ; a poem which the ...
... mean in the materials . Yet surely those verses are not without a just claim to praise ; of which it may be said with truth , that no man but Cowley could have written them . The Davideis now remains to be considered ; a poem which the ...
Pagina 51
... mean- ness that surpasses expectation : Nay , gentle guests , he cries , since now you're in , The story of your gallant friend begin . In a simile descriptive of the Morning : As glimmering stars just at th ' approach of day , Cashier ...
... mean- ness that surpasses expectation : Nay , gentle guests , he cries , since now you're in , The story of your gallant friend begin . In a simile descriptive of the Morning : As glimmering stars just at th ' approach of day , Cashier ...
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Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Samuel Johnson,George Birkbeck Norman Hill Fragmentweergave - 1968 |
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