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... reason . " If , " he writes , “ the father of criticism has rightly denominated poetry TÉXVN μμŋTıkǹ , animitative art , these writers will , without great wrong , lose their name of poets ; for they cannot be said to have imitated ...
... reason . " If , " he writes , “ the father of criticism has rightly denominated poetry TÉXVN μμŋTıkǹ , animitative art , these writers will , without great wrong , lose their name of poets ; for they cannot be said to have imitated ...
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... reason's scatter'd light Dost , like a burning glass , unite , Dost multiply the feeble heat , And fortify the strength , till thou dost bright And noble fires beget . 11 . Whilst this hard truth I teach , methinks 30 COWLEY'S ESSAYS .
... reason's scatter'd light Dost , like a burning glass , unite , Dost multiply the feeble heat , And fortify the strength , till thou dost bright And noble fires beget . 11 . Whilst this hard truth I teach , methinks 30 COWLEY'S ESSAYS .
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... ; the reason of which I conceive to be 2 Lib . i . c . 1 . 3 Cicero , De Senectute . Both this and the passage from Columella are rendered in the text . from an evil custom , now grown as strong among OF AGRICULTURE . 39.
... ; the reason of which I conceive to be 2 Lib . i . c . 1 . 3 Cicero , De Senectute . Both this and the passage from Columella are rendered in the text . from an evil custom , now grown as strong among OF AGRICULTURE . 39.
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... reason , I suppose , that Ecclesiasticus forbids us to hate husbandry ; because ( says he ) the Most High has created it . We were all born to this art , and taught by nature to nourish our bodies by the same earth out of which they ...
... reason , I suppose , that Ecclesiasticus forbids us to hate husbandry ; because ( says he ) the Most High has created it . We were all born to this art , and taught by nature to nourish our bodies by the same earth out of which they ...
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... reason , or of strength : To active games and manly sport , at length , Their mirth ascends , and with fill'd veins they see , Who can the best at better trials be . From such the old Hetrurian virtue rose ; Such was the life the ...
... reason , or of strength : To active games and manly sport , at length , Their mirth ascends , and with fill'd veins they see , Who can the best at better trials be . From such the old Hetrurian virtue rose ; Such was the life the ...
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Page 122 - The Wish Well then; I now do plainly see This busy world and I shall ne'er agree. The very honey of all earthly joy Does, of all meats, the soonest cloy; And they, methinks, deserve my pity Who for it can endure the stings, The crowd, and buzz, and murmurings Of this great hive, the city. Ah yet, ere I descend to th...
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Page 118 - T is a hard and nice subject for a man to write of himself ;* it grates his own heart to say any thing of disparagement, and the reader's ears to hear any thing of praise from him. There is no danger from me of offending him in this kind ; neither my mind, nor my body, nor my fortune, allow me any materials for that vanity. It is sufficient for my own contentment, that they have preserved me from being scandalous, or remarkable on the defective side.
Page 121 - I believe I can tell the particular little chance that filled my head first with such chimes of verse as have never since left ringing there.
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Page 77 - If e'er ambition did my fancy cheat With any wish so mean as to be great; Continue, Heaven, still from me to remove The humble blessings of that life I love.