Lectures on the English PoetsT. Miller, 1819 - 331 páginas |
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... fame . Their names are blazoned in the very firmament of reputation ; while the two first , ( though " the fault has been more in their stars than in themselves that they are underlings " ) either never emerged far above the horizon ...
... fame . Their names are blazoned in the very firmament of reputation ; while the two first , ( though " the fault has been more in their stars than in themselves that they are underlings " ) either never emerged far above the horizon ...
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... fame . He wrote for the " great vulgar and the small , ” in his time , not for posterity . If Queen Elizabeth and the maids of honour laughed hear- tily at his worst jokes , and the catcalls in the gallery were silent at his best ...
... fame . He wrote for the " great vulgar and the small , ” in his time , not for posterity . If Queen Elizabeth and the maids of honour laughed hear- tily at his worst jokes , and the catcalls in the gallery were silent at his best ...
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... Fame . He had his thoughts constantly fixed on the contemplation of the Hebrew theo- cracy , and of a perfect commonwealth ; and he seized the pen with a hand just warm from the 8 touch of the ark of faith . His religious ON SHAKSPEARE ...
... Fame . He had his thoughts constantly fixed on the contemplation of the Hebrew theo- cracy , and of a perfect commonwealth ; and he seized the pen with a hand just warm from the 8 touch of the ark of faith . His religious ON SHAKSPEARE ...
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... fame . This seems to be not only the reason of the thing , but the common sense of mankind , who , without any regular process of reflection , judge of the merit of a work , not more by its inherent and - absolute worth , than by its ...
... fame . This seems to be not only the reason of the thing , but the common sense of mankind , who , without any regular process of reflection , judge of the merit of a work , not more by its inherent and - absolute worth , than by its ...
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... fame of ancient writers , which those will always feel who have themselves any hope or chance of immortality . I have quoted the passage elsewhere , but I will repeat it here . " Still green with bays each ancient altar stands , Above ...
... fame of ancient writers , which those will always feel who have themselves any hope or chance of immortality . I have quoted the passage elsewhere , but I will repeat it here . " Still green with bays each ancient altar stands , Above ...
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