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... poets not as great men to be understood but as schoolboys to be corrected . ' At their best the Lives do not quite match his great Preface to Shake- speare , and at their worst , as in some of his comments on Gray , Milton , the ...
... poets not as great men to be understood but as schoolboys to be corrected . ' At their best the Lives do not quite match his great Preface to Shake- speare , and at their worst , as in some of his comments on Gray , Milton , the ...
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... metaphysical poets ; of whom , in a criticism on the works of Cowley , it is not improper to give some account . The metaphysical poets * were men of learning , and to show their learning was their whole endeavour ; but , unluckily ...
... metaphysical poets ; of whom , in a criticism on the works of Cowley , it is not improper to give some account . The metaphysical poets * were men of learning , and to show their learning was their whole endeavour ; but , unluckily ...
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... metaphysical poets , it is now proper to examine particularly the works of Cowley , who was almost the last of that race , and undoubtedly the best . His Miscellanies contain a collection of short compositions , written some as they ...
... metaphysical poets , it is now proper to examine particularly the works of Cowley , who was almost the last of that race , and undoubtedly the best . His Miscellanies contain a collection of short compositions , written some as they ...
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Introduction | 5 |
Authors Advertisement to the Third Edition | 13 |
Milton | 15 |
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