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... but the manners of that time were so tinged with superstition , that I cannot but suspect Cowley of having consulted on this great occasion the Virgilian lots , and to have given some credit to the answer of his oracle .
... but the manners of that time were so tinged with superstition , that I cannot but suspect Cowley of having consulted on this great occasion the Virgilian lots , and to have given some credit to the answer of his oracle .
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It was not till the death of Cromwell , in 1658 , that he became a publick candidate for fame , by publishing Heroic Stanzas on the late Lord Protector ; which , compared with the verses of Sprat and Waller on the same occasion , were ...
It was not till the death of Cromwell , in 1658 , that he became a publick candidate for fame , by publishing Heroic Stanzas on the late Lord Protector ; which , compared with the verses of Sprat and Waller on the same occasion , were ...
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Of the exercises which he performed on that occasion , I have not heard any thing memorable . As his years advanced , he advanced in reputation : for he continued to cultivate his mind , though he did not amend his irregularities ...
Of the exercises which he performed on that occasion , I have not heard any thing memorable . As his years advanced , he advanced in reputation : for he continued to cultivate his mind , though he did not amend his irregularities ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson Volumes 83-84 of World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1968 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 6 Jul 2011 |
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