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... more denotes a great mind , than the abhorrence of envy and detraction . This paflion reigns more among bad poets , than among any other fet of men . As there are none more ambitious of fame , than 12 N ° 253 . THE SPECTATOR · .
... more denotes a great mind , than the abhorrence of envy and detraction . This paflion reigns more among bad poets , than among any other fet of men . As there are none more ambitious of fame , than 12 N ° 253 . THE SPECTATOR · .
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... poet , without attacking the reputation of all his brothers in the art . The ignorance of the moderns , the fcribblers of the age , the decay of poetry , are the topics of de- traction , with which he makes his entrance into the world ...
... poet , without attacking the reputation of all his brothers in the art . The ignorance of the moderns , the fcribblers of the age , the decay of poetry , are the topics of de- traction , with which he makes his entrance into the world ...
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... poets of the Auguftan age . His way of exprefling and applying them , not his invention of them , is what we are chiefly to admire . For this reafon I think there is nothing in the world fo tiresome as the works of thofe critics who ...
... poets of the Auguftan age . His way of exprefling and applying them , not his invention of them , is what we are chiefly to admire . For this reafon I think there is nothing in the world fo tiresome as the works of thofe critics who ...
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... poet . The reader may obferve the following lines in the fame view . " A needlefs Alexandrine ends the fong , " That like a wounded fnake drags its flow length along . " And afterwards , " ' Tis not enough no harthness gives offence ...
... poet . The reader may obferve the following lines in the fame view . " A needlefs Alexandrine ends the fong , " That like a wounded fnake drags its flow length along . " And afterwards , " ' Tis not enough no harthness gives offence ...
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... Poet . Wedlock's ' s an ill men eagerly embrace . My father , whom I mentioned in my firft fpecu- lation , and whom I must always name with honour and gratitude , has very frequently talked to me upon the fubject of marriage . I was in ...
... Poet . Wedlock's ' s an ill men eagerly embrace . My father , whom I mentioned in my firft fpecu- lation , and whom I must always name with honour and gratitude , has very frequently talked to me upon the fubject of marriage . I was in ...
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Page 213 - ... a shout, that tore hell's concave, and beyond frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night.
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Page 137 - They heard, and were abashed, and up they sprung Upon the wing; as when men, wont to watch On duty, sleeping found by whom they dread, Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake. Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel; Yet to their general's voice they soon obeyed, Innumerable.
Page 299 - O thou, for whom And from whom I was form'd, flesh of thy flesh, And without whom am to no end ; my guide And head ! what thou hast said is just and right. For we to him, indeed, all praises owe, And daily thanks ; I chiefly, who enjoy So far the happier lot, enjoying thee Pre-eminent by so much odds, while thou Like consort to thyself canst no where find.
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Page 268 - His only Son : on earth he first beheld Our two first parents, yet the only two Of mankind, in the happy garden plac'd, Reaping immortal fruits of joy and love, Uninterrupted joy, unrival'd love, In blissful solitude : he then survey'd Hell and the gulf between, and Satan there 70 Coasting the wall of heav'n on this side night...
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Page 15 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line, While they ring round the same unvaried chimes, With sure returns of still expected rhymes, Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze...
Page 67 - Roman empire, has described the birth of its great rival, the Carthaginian commonwealth, Milton with the like art in his poem on the fall of man has related the fall of those angels who are his professed enemies.
Page 14 - Poetry, he will find but few precepts in it which he may not meet with in Aristotle, and which were not commonly known by all the poets of the Augustan age. His way of expressing and applying them, not his invention of them, is what