Poems ..., Volum 1W. Collins, 1834 - 564 sider |
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Side xiii
... truth persevere in repeating , " that too much religion made poor Cowper mad . " If they be sincere , they are them- selves under the " strong delusion to believe a lie ; " and it will be well if it prove not , on their part , a wilful ...
... truth persevere in repeating , " that too much religion made poor Cowper mad . " If they be sincere , they are them- selves under the " strong delusion to believe a lie ; " and it will be well if it prove not , on their part , a wilful ...
Side xv
... truth , simplicity , and pathos , that love , admi- ration , pity , alternately warm and melt the soul of the reader , in being thus introduced into the secret of the writer's heart . Seldom has there been a tale of so much sorrow told ...
... truth , simplicity , and pathos , that love , admi- ration , pity , alternately warm and melt the soul of the reader , in being thus introduced into the secret of the writer's heart . Seldom has there been a tale of so much sorrow told ...
Side xxvii
... truth , the living fathers of the innumer- able race of moderns , whom no human ingenuity could well classify into their respective schools . The death of Cowper occurred in the year 1800 , but nothing of a character to influence public ...
... truth , the living fathers of the innumer- able race of moderns , whom no human ingenuity could well classify into their respective schools . The death of Cowper occurred in the year 1800 , but nothing of a character to influence public ...
Side xxxii
... truth supported , one by lies , They sidle to the goal with awkward pace , Secure of nothing - but to lose the race . " This is Hogarth himself in verse , attiring me- lancholy truth in ludicrous fiction . A book of fables , apologues ...
... truth supported , one by lies , They sidle to the goal with awkward pace , Secure of nothing - but to lose the race . " This is Hogarth himself in verse , attiring me- lancholy truth in ludicrous fiction . A book of fables , apologues ...
Side xxxiii
... TRUTH , " is by no means so splendid and powerful a poem as might have been expected . It is , perhaps , too polemical ; and though its merits will bear microscopic inspection , they fail to strike the unassisted eye with any ...
... TRUTH , " is by no means so splendid and powerful a poem as might have been expected . It is , perhaps , too polemical ; and though its merits will bear microscopic inspection , they fail to strike the unassisted eye with any ...
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