LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... called Genius . The true Genius is a mind of large general powers , accidentally determined to some particular direction . Sir Joshua Reynolds , the great Painter of the present age , had the first fondness for his art excited by the ...
... called Genius . The true Genius is a mind of large general powers , accidentally determined to some particular direction . Sir Joshua Reynolds , the great Painter of the present age , had the first fondness for his art excited by the ...
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... called " Love's Riddle , " though it was not publised till he had been some time at Cambridge . This comedy is of the pastoral kind , which requires no acquaintance with the living world , and therefore the time at which it was composed ...
... called " Love's Riddle , " though it was not publised till he had been some time at Cambridge . This comedy is of the pastoral kind , which requires no acquaintance with the living world , and therefore the time at which it was composed ...
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... called " I he Puritan " and Papist , " which was only inserted in the last collection of his works * ; and so distinguished himself by the warmth of his loyalty , and the elegance of his conversation , that he gained the kindness and ...
... called " I he Puritan " and Papist , " which was only inserted in the last collection of his works * ; and so distinguished himself by the warmth of his loyalty , and the elegance of his conversation , that he gained the kindness and ...
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... called by themselves and their admirers , was eminently distinguished . AS the authors of this race were perhaps more desirous of being admired than understood , they sometimes drew their conceits from recesses of learning not very much ...
... called by themselves and their admirers , was eminently distinguished . AS the authors of this race were perhaps more desirous of being admired than understood , they sometimes drew their conceits from recesses of learning not very much ...
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... called forth to action can dis- play . He knew how to distinguish , and how to commend the qualities of his companion ; but when he wishes to make us weep , he forgets to weep himself , and diverts his sorrow by imagining how his crown ...
... called forth to action can dis- play . He knew how to distinguish , and how to commend the qualities of his companion ; but when he wishes to make us weep , he forgets to weep himself , and diverts his sorrow by imagining how his crown ...
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