Lives of the English Poets: Cowley-DrydenOctagon Books, 1967 - 568 páginas |
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... never saw , complains of jealousy which he never felt , supposes himself sometimes invited and sometimes forsaken , fatigues his fancy , and ransacks his memory , for images which may exhibit the gaiety of hope or the gloominess of ...
... never saw , complains of jealousy which he never felt , supposes himself sometimes invited and sometimes forsaken , fatigues his fancy , and ransacks his memory , for images which may exhibit the gaiety of hope or the gloominess of ...
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... never found it , wonders how he missed ; to wit of this kind the metaphysical poets have seldom risen . Their thoughts are often new , but seldom natural ; they are not obvious , but neither are they just ; and the reader , far from ...
... never found it , wonders how he missed ; to wit of this kind the metaphysical poets have seldom risen . Their thoughts are often new , but seldom natural ; they are not obvious , but neither are they just ; and the reader , far from ...
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... never yet obtained its due commendation . Nothing is far - sought , or hard - laboured ; but all is easy without feebleness , and familiar without grossness . 201 It has been observed by Felton , in his Essay on the Classicks , that ...
... never yet obtained its due commendation . Nothing is far - sought , or hard - laboured ; but all is easy without feebleness , and familiar without grossness . 201 It has been observed by Felton , in his Essay on the Classicks , that ...
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