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... truth : he that profeffes love ought to feel its power . Petrarch was a real lover , and Laura doubtless deferved his tenderness . Of Cowley , we are told by Barnes * , who had means enough of infor- mation , that , whatever he may talk ...
... truth : he that profeffes love ought to feel its power . Petrarch was a real lover , and Laura doubtless deferved his tenderness . Of Cowley , we are told by Barnes * , who had means enough of infor- mation , that , whatever he may talk ...
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... truth ( which I take to be an argument above all " the reft ) , Virgil has told the fame thing to " that purpose . " This expreffion from a fecretary of the prefent time , would be confidered as merely ludicrous , or at moft as an ...
... truth ( which I take to be an argument above all " the reft ) , Virgil has told the fame thing to " that purpose . " This expreffion from a fecretary of the prefent time , would be confidered as merely ludicrous , or at moft as an ...
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... truth : if their conceits were far - fetched , they were often worth the carriage . To write on their plan , it was at laft neceffary to read and think . No man could be born a meta- phyfical poet , nor affume the dignity of a writer ...
... truth : if their conceits were far - fetched , they were often worth the carriage . To write on their plan , it was at laft neceffary to read and think . No man could be born a meta- phyfical poet , nor affume the dignity of a writer ...
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... Truth did on it reft , And built his perfum'd neft , That right Porphyrian tree which did true logic shew . Each leaf did learned notions give , And th ' apples were demonftrative : So clear their colour and divine , The very fhade they ...
... Truth did on it reft , And built his perfum'd neft , That right Porphyrian tree which did true logic shew . Each leaf did learned notions give , And th ' apples were demonftrative : So clear their colour and divine , The very fhade they ...
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... truth reciprocally run , The fun's heaven's coalery , and coals our fun . Death , a Voyage : No family E'er rigg'd a foul for heaven's discovery , With whom more venturers might boldly dare Venture their stakes With 46 COWLEY .
... truth reciprocally run , The fun's heaven's coalery , and coals our fun . Death , a Voyage : No family E'er rigg'd a foul for heaven's discovery , With whom more venturers might boldly dare Venture their stakes With 46 COWLEY .
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The Lives of the English Poets: and a Criticism of Their Work Samuel Johnson Visualização completa - 1795 |
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