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... praise , there are , as there must be in all Cowley's compositions , some striking thoughts ; but they are not well wrought . His elegy on Sir Henry Wotton is vigorous and happy , the series of thoughts is easy and natural , and the con ...
... praise , there are , as there must be in all Cowley's compositions , some striking thoughts ; but they are not well wrought . His elegy on Sir Henry Wotton is vigorous and happy , the series of thoughts is easy and natural , and the con ...
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... praise of a shrub , that it is as green as a tree , or of a brook , that it waters a garden , as a river waters a country . Dryden confesses that he did not know the lady whom he celebrates ; the praise being there- fore inevitably ...
... praise of a shrub , that it is as green as a tree , or of a brook , that it waters a garden , as a river waters a country . Dryden confesses that he did not know the lady whom he celebrates ; the praise being there- fore inevitably ...
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... praise is often indistinct , and the sentences are loaded with words of more pomp than use . There is little however that can be contradicted , even when a plainer tale comes to be told . EDMUND NEAL , known by the name of Smith , was ...
... praise is often indistinct , and the sentences are loaded with words of more pomp than use . There is little however that can be contradicted , even when a plainer tale comes to be told . EDMUND NEAL , known by the name of Smith , was ...
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