Lives of the English Poets, Volumen1Oxford University Press, 1926 |
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... supply , are long ago exhausted ; and its inherent improbability always forces dissatisfaction on the mind . When ... supplies . Nothing can less display knowledge , or less exercise invention , than to tell how a shepherd has lost his ...
... supply , are long ago exhausted ; and its inherent improbability always forces dissatisfaction on the mind . When ... supplies . Nothing can less display knowledge , or less exercise invention , than to tell how a shepherd has lost his ...
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... supply the writer with the rudiments 48. Lout Poetry of narration , which he must improve and exalt by Jenale a nobler art , must animate by dramatick energy , and diversify by retrospection and anticipation ; morality must teach him ...
... supply the writer with the rudiments 48. Lout Poetry of narration , which he must improve and exalt by Jenale a nobler art , must animate by dramatick energy , and diversify by retrospection and anticipation ; morality must teach him ...
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... to heroick excellence but virtue ; and virtue his poet thought himself at liberty to supply , Charles had yet only the merit of struggling without success , and suffering without despair . A life 194 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... to heroick excellence but virtue ; and virtue his poet thought himself at liberty to supply , Charles had yet only the merit of struggling without success , and suffering without despair . A life 194 LIVES OF THE POETS.
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