The idler. PoemsPafraets Book Company, 1908 |
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... known . Easy poetry is commonly sought in petty com- positions upon minute subjects ; but ease , though it excludes pomp , will admit greatness . Many lines in Cato's soliloquy are at once easy and sublime : ' Tis the Divinity that ...
... known . Easy poetry is commonly sought in petty com- positions upon minute subjects ; but ease , though it excludes pomp , will admit greatness . Many lines in Cato's soliloquy are at once easy and sublime : ' Tis the Divinity that ...
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... known to be a spy upon the rest , they all live in continual restraint ; and having but a narrow range for censure , they gratify its cravings by preying on one another . But every condition has some advantages . In this confinement , a ...
... known to be a spy upon the rest , they all live in continual restraint ; and having but a narrow range for censure , they gratify its cravings by preying on one another . But every condition has some advantages . In this confinement , a ...
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... known ; but I will venture to affirm , and , till the contrary be plainly shown , shall always maintain , that no such man is to be found . Tell not me , Sir , of impeccability and perfection ; such talk is for those that are strangers ...
... known ; but I will venture to affirm , and , till the contrary be plainly shown , shall always maintain , that no such man is to be found . Tell not me , Sir , of impeccability and perfection ; such talk is for those that are strangers ...
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... Waller , Poets lose half the praise they would have got , Were it but known what they discreetly blot . Dick Misty is a man of deep research , and forcible penetration . Others are content with superficial ap- pearances ; 7 THE IDLER.
... Waller , Poets lose half the praise they would have got , Were it but known what they discreetly blot . Dick Misty is a man of deep research , and forcible penetration . Others are content with superficial ap- pearances ; 7 THE IDLER.
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... known , and very little , if it is not envied . Before the day of de- parture a week is always appropriated to the pay- ment and reception of ceremonial visits , at which nothing can be mentioned but the delights of Lon- don . The lady ...
... known , and very little , if it is not envied . Before the day of de- parture a week is always appropriated to the pay- ment and reception of ceremonial visits , at which nothing can be mentioned but the delights of Lon- don . The lady ...
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