Lives of the English Poets: Cowley-DrydenOctagon Books, 1967 - 568 páginas |
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... produced by aggregation , and littleness by dispersion . Great thoughts are always general , and consist in positions not limited by exceptions , and in descriptions not descending to minuteness . It is with great propriety that ...
... produced by aggregation , and littleness by dispersion . Great thoughts are always general , and consist in positions not limited by exceptions , and in descriptions not descending to minuteness . It is with great propriety that ...
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... produced in the decrepitude of Nature . It was suspected that the whole creation languished , that neither trees nor animals had the height or bulk of their predecessors , and that every thing was daily sinking by gradual diminution 5 ...
... produced in the decrepitude of Nature . It was suspected that the whole creation languished , that neither trees nor animals had the height or bulk of their predecessors , and that every thing was daily sinking by gradual diminution 5 ...
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... produced by a sudden tumult of imagination , or a short paroxysm of violent labour . To accumulate such a mass of sentiments at the call of accidental desire or of sudden necessity is beyond the reach and power of the most active and ...
... produced by a sudden tumult of imagination , or a short paroxysm of violent labour . To accumulate such a mass of sentiments at the call of accidental desire or of sudden necessity is beyond the reach and power of the most active and ...
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