Selections from English literature, by E. Lee, Book 4Elizabeth Lee 1913 |
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... POET . Now , therein , of all sciences , is our Poet the monarch . For he doth not only shew the way , but giveth so sweet a prospect into the way , as will entice any man to enter into it : nay , he doth , as if your journey should lie ...
... POET . Now , therein , of all sciences , is our Poet the monarch . For he doth not only shew the way , but giveth so sweet a prospect into the way , as will entice any man to enter into it : nay , he doth , as if your journey should lie ...
Page 161
... POET . BEING now resolved to be a poet , I saw everything with a new purpose ; my sphere of attention was suddenly magnified : no kind of knowledge was to be overlooked . I ranged moun- tains and deserts for images and resemblances ...
... POET . BEING now resolved to be a poet , I saw everything with a new purpose ; my sphere of attention was suddenly magnified : no kind of knowledge was to be overlooked . I ranged moun- tains and deserts for images and resemblances ...
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... poet , " said Imlac , " is to examine , not the individual , but the species ; to remark general properties and large appearances ; he does not number the streaks of the tulip , or describe the different shades in the verdure of the ...
... poet , " said Imlac , " is to examine , not the individual , but the species ; to remark general properties and large appearances ; he does not number the streaks of the tulip , or describe the different shades in the verdure of the ...
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER 13401400 | 1 |
WILLIAM CAXTON 1422 ?1491 | 10 |
STEPHEN HAWES d 1523 | 17 |
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