The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;: Cowley, Denham, MiltonAlexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson J. Johnson; J. Nichols and son; R. Baldwin; F. and C. Rivington; W. Otridge and Son; Leigh and Sotheby; R. Faulder and Son; G. Nicol and Son; T. Payne; G. Robinson; Wilkie and Robinson; C. Davies; T. Egerton; Scatcherd and Letterman; J. Walker; Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; R. Lea; J. Nunn; Lackington, Allen, and Company; J. Stockdale; Cuthell and Martin; Clarke and Sons; J. White and Company; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; Cadell and Davies; J. Barker; John Richardson; J.M. Richardson; J. Carpenter; B. Crosby; E. Jeffery; J. Murray; W. Miller; J. and A. Arch; Black, Parry, and Kingsbury; J. Booker; S. Bagster; J. Harding; J. Mackinlay; J. Hatchard; R.H. Evans; Matthews and Leigh; J. Mawman; J. Booth; J. Asperne; P. and W. Wynne; and W. Grace, Deighton and Son at Cambridge; and Wilson and Son at York, 1810 - English poetry |
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... kind , which requires no acquaintance with the living world , and there- fore the time at which it was composed adds little to the wonders of Cowley's mino- rity . In 1636 , he was removed to Cambridge , where he continued his studies ...
... kind , which requires no acquaintance with the living world , and there- fore the time at which it was composed adds little to the wonders of Cowley's mino- rity . In 1636 , he was removed to Cambridge , where he continued his studies ...
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... kind the metaphysical poets have seldom risen . Their thoughts are often new , but seldom natural ; they are not obvious , but neither are they just ; and the reader , far from wondering that he missed them , wonders more frequently by ...
... kind the metaphysical poets have seldom risen . Their thoughts are often new , but seldom natural ; they are not obvious , but neither are they just ; and the reader , far from wondering that he missed them , wonders more frequently by ...
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... kind of writing , which was , I believe , borrowed from Marino and his fol- lowers , had been recommended by the example of Donne , a man of very extensive and various knowledge ; and by Jonson , whose manner resembled that of Donne ...
... kind of writing , which was , I believe , borrowed from Marino and his fol- lowers , had been recommended by the example of Donne , a man of very extensive and various knowledge ; and by Jonson , whose manner resembled that of Donne ...
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... kind than any other of Cow- ley's works . The diction shows nothing of the mould of time , and the sentiments are at no great distance from our present habitudes of thought . Real mirth must always be natural , and nature is uniform ...
... kind than any other of Cow- ley's works . The diction shows nothing of the mould of time , and the sentiments are at no great distance from our present habitudes of thought . Real mirth must always be natural , and nature is uniform ...
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... kind of writing more than for another , his power seems to have been greatest in the familiar and the festive . The next class of his poems is called The Mistress , of which it is not necessary to select any particular pieces for praise ...
... kind of writing more than for another , his power seems to have been greatest in the familiar and the festive . The next class of his poems is called The Mistress , of which it is not necessary to select any particular pieces for praise ...
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