Laconics: Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors, Band 2C. Tilt, 1840 |
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... poets of his time , And they his vassals that supply him ; Can judge more justly of what he takes Than any of the best he makes , And more impartially conceive What's fit to choose , and what to leave . For men reflect more strictly ...
... poets of his time , And they his vassals that supply him ; Can judge more justly of what he takes Than any of the best he makes , And more impartially conceive What's fit to choose , and what to leave . For men reflect more strictly ...
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... poet , in liberal art . CI . Steele . Be not the fourth friend of him who had three before and lost them . - Lavater . CII . To a huntsman , His toil is his delight , and to complain Of weariness , would show as poorly in him As if a ...
... poet , in liberal art . CI . Steele . Be not the fourth friend of him who had three before and lost them . - Lavater . CII . To a huntsman , His toil is his delight , and to complain Of weariness , would show as poorly in him As if a ...
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... poets would address the same to their muse , they would act more agreeable to nature and to truth . - Shenstone . CCXII . Judge we by nature ? habit can efface , Int ... Poet . CCXIV . A man may flatter himself as he pleases 54 LACONICS .
... poets would address the same to their muse , they would act more agreeable to nature and to truth . - Shenstone . CCXII . Judge we by nature ? habit can efface , Int ... Poet . CCXIV . A man may flatter himself as he pleases 54 LACONICS .
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... poet includes a critic ; the reverse will not hold . Shenstone . CCXXXI . As old sinners have all points O ' th ' compass in their bones and joints , Can by their pangs and aches find All turns and changes of the wind , And , better ...
... poet includes a critic ; the reverse will not hold . Shenstone . CCXXXI . As old sinners have all points O ' th ' compass in their bones and joints , Can by their pangs and aches find All turns and changes of the wind , And , better ...
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... poet must necessarily borrow of the philo- sopher , as to be master of the common topics of morality . He must at least be speciously honest , and in all appear- ance a friend to virtue throughout his poem . The good and wise will abate ...
... poet must necessarily borrow of the philo- sopher , as to be master of the common topics of morality . He must at least be speciously honest , and in all appear- ance a friend to virtue throughout his poem . The good and wise will abate ...
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