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" ... whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is an acquisition gradually attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once ; or that the first poetry of every nation surprised them as a novelty, and retained the credit by consent which it received... "
Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose: Selected ... - Page 884
1797 - 1120 lehte
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Foliorum Centuriae: Selections for Translation Into Latin and Greek Prose ...

Hubert Ashton Holden - 1852 - 380 lehte
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Scholarship examinations of 1846/47 (-1853/54).

Bengal council of educ - 1852 - 348 lehte
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A Hand-book of English Literature Intended for the Use of High Schools, as ...

Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 lehte
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Wisdom and Genius of Dr. Samuel Johnson: Selected from His Prose Writings

Samuel Johnson, William Alexander Clouston - 1875 - 346 lehte
...grace of harmony. POETF(Y. IN almost all countries, the most ancient poets are considered as the best ; whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is...and poetry is a gift conferred at once ; or that the first poetry of every nation surprised them as a novelty, and retained the credit by consent, which...
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Johnson. Select works, ed. with intr. and notes by A. Milnes. Lives of ...

Samuel Johnson - 1879 - 510 lehte
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The Handbook of Specimens of English Literature: Selected from the Chief ...

Joseph Angus - 1880 - 726 lehte
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The History of the Caliph Vathek

William Beckford - 1883 - 452 lehte
...fills me with wonder, that, in almost all countries, the most ancient poets are considered as the best; whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is...and poetry is a gift conferred at once ; or that the first poetry of every nation surprised them as a novelty, and retained the credit by consent, which...
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The history of the caliph Vathek, by W. Beckford [tr. by S. Henley]. Also ...

William Beckford - 1883 - 454 lehte
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Johnson's History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, 1. köide

Samuel Johnson - 1891 - 286 lehte
...me with 5 wonder, that, in almost all countries, the most ancient poets are considered as the best : whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is...and poetry is a gift conferred at once ; or that the first poetry of every nation surprised them as a 10 novelty, and retained the credit by consent, which...
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English Prose: Selections, 4. köide

Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 704 lehte
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