The Life of John Milton: In Three Parts. To which are Added, Conjectures on the Origin of Paradise Lost: with an Appendix. By William Hayley ...W. Porter, 1797 - 342 páginas |
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... truth , I feel towards the fame object those two opposite fources of prejudice and partiality as a critical biographer of the poets he often excites my tranfient indignation ; but as an eloquent teacher of morality he fills me with more ...
... truth , I feel towards the fame object those two opposite fources of prejudice and partiality as a critical biographer of the poets he often excites my tranfient indignation ; but as an eloquent teacher of morality he fills me with more ...
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... truth , my dear friend , I think fo ftill ; because it is the aim of that charin- ing Effay to prove , that Pope poffeffed not those very high poetical talents , for which the world , though fufficiently inclined to difcover and mag ...
... truth , my dear friend , I think fo ftill ; because it is the aim of that charin- ing Effay to prove , that Pope poffeffed not those very high poetical talents , for which the world , though fufficiently inclined to difcover and mag ...
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... truth , and moralized his " fong , " from a want of native powers to fup- port a long flight in the higher province of fancy . To me , I confefs , his Rape of the Lock appears a fufficient proof that he poffeffed , in a superlative ...
... truth , and moralized his " fong , " from a want of native powers to fup- port a long flight in the higher province of fancy . To me , I confefs , his Rape of the Lock appears a fufficient proof that he poffeffed , in a superlative ...
Página xvii
... truth , which he believes is never fo plainly demonftrated as in that character that fays ' it is " great , and prevails ; and in that fenfe only fit to be adhered " to by a prudent man , who will never be kinder to truth than fhe is to ...
... truth , which he believes is never fo plainly demonftrated as in that character that fays ' it is " great , and prevails ; and in that fenfe only fit to be adhered " to by a prudent man , who will never be kinder to truth than fhe is to ...
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... truth of which you , my dear Warton , are a very lively illuftration — you , who at a season of life when unlettered mortals gene- rally murmur against the world , are miniftering to its inftruction and its pleasure by continuing to ...
... truth of which you , my dear Warton , are a very lively illuftration — you , who at a season of life when unlettered mortals gene- rally murmur against the world , are miniftering to its inftruction and its pleasure by continuing to ...
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