LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... sometimes forgotten , produce that particular designation of mind , and propenfity for some certain science or employment , which is commonly called Genius . The true Genius is a mind of large general powers , accidentally determined to ...
... sometimes forgotten , produce that particular designation of mind , and propenfity for some certain science or employment , which is commonly called Genius . The true Genius is a mind of large general powers , accidentally determined to ...
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... sometimes privately acted with sufficient approbation . In 1643 , being now master of arts , he was , by the prevalence of the parlia ment , ejected from Cambridge , and sheltered himself at St. John's College in Oxford ; where , as is ...
... sometimes privately acted with sufficient approbation . In 1643 , being now master of arts , he was , by the prevalence of the parlia ment , ejected from Cambridge , and sheltered himself at St. John's College in Oxford ; where , as is ...
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... 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 despair , and dresses his imaginary Chloris or Phyllis sometimes in ...
... 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 despair , and dresses his imaginary Chloris or Phyllis sometimes in ...
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... sometimes struck out unexpected truth : If their conceits were far - fetched , they were often worth the carriage . To write on their plan , it was at least necessary to read and think . No man could be born a metaphysical poet , nor ...
... sometimes struck out unexpected truth : If their conceits were far - fetched , they were often worth the carriage . To write on their plan , it was at least necessary to read and think . No man could be born a metaphysical poet , nor ...
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... sometimes indelicate and disgusting . Cowley thus apostro- phises beauty : -Thou tyrant , which leav'st no man free ! Thou subtle thief , from whom nought safe can be ! Thou murtherer , which hast kill'd , and devil , which wouldst damn ...
... sometimes indelicate and disgusting . Cowley thus apostro- phises beauty : -Thou tyrant , which leav'st no man free ! Thou subtle thief , from whom nought safe can be ! Thou murtherer , which hast kill'd , and devil , which wouldst damn ...
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