The Beauties of the British PoetsR.B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1828 - 367 páginas |
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... human nature , and exists wherever man exists . A succession of poets rose in even this tumultuous period . But their efforts perished , either from defect of ability , or from the want of popular leisure , when life and possessions ...
... human nature , and exists wherever man exists . A succession of poets rose in even this tumultuous period . But their efforts perished , either from defect of ability , or from the want of popular leisure , when life and possessions ...
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... human breast in all the varieties of passion , gives us the idea that he had either felt and registered every emotion of our being , or had attained the knowledge by some faculty restricted to himself . He is , above all poets , the ...
... human breast in all the varieties of passion , gives us the idea that he had either felt and registered every emotion of our being , or had attained the knowledge by some faculty restricted to himself . He is , above all poets , the ...
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... human life , his career was closed . His moral system as a poet is founded on the double error , that great crimes imply great qualities ; and , that virtue is a slavery . Both maxims palpably untrue ; for crime is so much within human ...
... human life , his career was closed . His moral system as a poet is founded on the double error , that great crimes imply great qualities ; and , that virtue is a slavery . Both maxims palpably untrue ; for crime is so much within human ...
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the most stupendous crime may be committed by the most abject of human beings . And common experience shows , that to be superior to our habits and passions is the only true freedom ; while the man of the wildest licence is only so much ...
the most stupendous crime may be committed by the most abject of human beings . And common experience shows , that to be superior to our habits and passions is the only true freedom ; while the man of the wildest licence is only so much ...
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... Human Life 25 Mercy 27 Moonlight 27 Henry IV . and Richard II . 28 Wolsey 29 Death 31 Human Life 32 MILTON . PAGE From Sampson Agonistes ' 33 From •
... Human Life 25 Mercy 27 Moonlight 27 Henry IV . and Richard II . 28 Wolsey 29 Death 31 Human Life 32 MILTON . PAGE From Sampson Agonistes ' 33 From •
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