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... telling them . In his amorous effusions he is less happy ; for they are not dictated by nature or by passion , and have neither gallantry nor tenderness . They have the coldness of Cowley , without his wit , the dull exercises of a ...
... telling them . In his amorous effusions he is less happy ; for they are not dictated by nature or by passion , and have neither gallantry nor tenderness . They have the coldness of Cowley , without his wit , the dull exercises of a ...
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... authors . The " Thief and Cordelier " is , I suppose , generally considered as an original production , with how much justice this epigram may tell , which was written by Georgius Sabinus , a poet now little known PRIOR . 25.
... authors . The " Thief and Cordelier " is , I suppose , generally considered as an original production , with how much justice this epigram may tell , which was written by Georgius Sabinus , a poet now little known PRIOR . 25.
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... tell ! Nothing but groans and sighs were heard around , And echo multiplied each mournful sound . " In both these funeral poems , when he has yelled out many syllables of senseless dolour , he dismisses his reader with senseless ...
... tell ! Nothing but groans and sighs were heard around , And echo multiplied each mournful sound . " In both these funeral poems , when he has yelled out many syllables of senseless dolour , he dismisses his reader with senseless ...
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... tell his own motives , for a nobler purpose , to engage poetry in the cause of virtue . I believe it is peculiar to him that his first public work was an heroic poem . He was not known as a maker of verses till he published ( in 1695 ) ...
... tell his own motives , for a nobler purpose , to engage poetry in the cause of virtue . I believe it is peculiar to him that his first public work was an heroic poem . He was not known as a maker of verses till he published ( in 1695 ) ...
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... tell me whether he be a proper author to make personal reflections ? He may extol the ancients , but he has reason to thank the gods that he was born a modern ; for had he been born of Grecian parents , and his father consequently had ...
... tell me whether he be a proper author to make personal reflections ? He may extol the ancients , but he has reason to thank the gods that he was born a modern ; for had he been born of Grecian parents , and his father consequently had ...
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