The idler. PoemsPafraets Book Company, 1908 |
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... Nature of cunning 56 98 Sophia Heedful 93 Sam Softly's history 94 Obstructions of learning 95 Tim Wainscot's son a fine gentleman 96 Hacho of Lapland 97 Narratives of travellers considered 99 Ortogrul of Basra 100 The good sort of woman ...
... Nature of cunning 56 98 Sophia Heedful 93 Sam Softly's history 94 Obstructions of learning 95 Tim Wainscot's son a fine gentleman 96 Hacho of Lapland 97 Narratives of travellers considered 99 Ortogrul of Basra 100 The good sort of woman ...
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... natural thoughts are expressed without violence to the language . The dis- criminating character of ease consists principally in the diction ; for all true poetry requires that the sentiments be natural . Language suffers violence by ...
... natural thoughts are expressed without violence to the language . The dis- criminating character of ease consists principally in the diction ; for all true poetry requires that the sentiments be natural . Language suffers violence by ...
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... nature seems now to be forgotten . Affectation , however opposite to ease , is sometimes mistaken for it ; and those who aspire to gentle elegance , collect female phrases and fashionable barbarisms , and im- agine that style to be easy ...
... nature seems now to be forgotten . Affectation , however opposite to ease , is sometimes mistaken for it ; and those who aspire to gentle elegance , collect female phrases and fashionable barbarisms , and im- agine that style to be easy ...
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... Nature cries aloud Through all her works , he must delight in virtue , And that which he delights in must be happy . Nor is ease more contrary to wit than to sublimity ; the celebrated stanza of Cowley , on a lady elabo- rately dressed ...
... Nature cries aloud Through all her works , he must delight in virtue , And that which he delights in must be happy . Nor is ease more contrary to wit than to sublimity ; the celebrated stanza of Cowley , on a lady elabo- rately dressed ...
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... natures , are always operating towards conformity and union ; nor can the powers of the soul cease from agitation , till they find something on which they can repose . " To this nothing was opposed ; and Amaranthia was acknowledged to ...
... natures , are always operating towards conformity and union ; nor can the powers of the soul cease from agitation , till they find something on which they can repose . " To this nothing was opposed ; and Amaranthia was acknowledged to ...
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