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Page 80
Of him , at last , may be said what Jonson says of Spenser , that he wrote no language , but has formed what Butler calls a Babylonish Dialect , in itself harsh and barbarous , but made by exalted genius and extensive learning ...
Of him , at last , may be said what Jonson says of Spenser , that he wrote no language , but has formed what Butler calls a Babylonish Dialect , in itself harsh and barbarous , but made by exalted genius and extensive learning ...
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Cowley says of the stone with which Cain slew his brother , I saw him fling the stone , as if he meant At once his murther and his monument . Of the sword taken from Goliah , he says , A sword so great , that it was only fit To take off ...
Cowley says of the stone with which Cain slew his brother , I saw him fling the stone , as if he meant At once his murther and his monument . Of the sword taken from Goliah , he says , A sword so great , that it was only fit To take off ...
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... and one of his censurers makes him say , , Nor wine nor love could ever see me gay ; To writing bred , I knew not what to say . ... yet we must be content to believe what an enemy says of him , when he likewise says it of himself .
... and one of his censurers makes him say , , Nor wine nor love could ever see me gay ; To writing bred , I knew not what to say . ... yet we must be content to believe what an enemy says of him , when he likewise says it of himself .
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