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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... learned puerilities of Cowley there is no doubt , since a volume of his poems was not only written , but printed , in his thirteenth year ' , containing , with other poeti- cal compositions , The tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe ...
... learned puerilities of Cowley there is no doubt , since a volume of his poems was not only written , but printed , in his thirteenth year ' , containing , with other poeti- cal compositions , The tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe ...
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... learned from his master Pindar to call " the dream of a shadow . " It is surely not difficult , in the solitude of a college , or in the bustle of the world , to find useful studies and serious employment . No man needs to be so ...
... learned from his master Pindar to call " the dream of a shadow . " It is surely not difficult , in the solitude of a college , or in the bustle of the world , to find useful studies and serious employment . No man needs to be so ...
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... learned is to be retrieved , or some- thing new is to be examined . If their greatness seldom elevates , their acuteness often surprises ; if the imagination is not always gratified , at least the powers of re- flection and comparison ...
... learned is to be retrieved , or some- thing new is to be examined . If their greatness seldom elevates , their acuteness often surprises ; if the imagination is not always gratified , at least the powers of re- flection and comparison ...
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... learned notions give , And th ' apples were demonstrative : So clear their colour and divine , The very shade they cast did other lights outshine . On Anacreon continuing a lover in his old age . Love was with thy life entwin'd , Close ...
... learned notions give , And th ' apples were demonstrative : So clear their colour and divine , The very shade they cast did other lights outshine . On Anacreon continuing a lover in his old age . Love was with thy life entwin'd , Close ...
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... learned . These little pieces will be found more finished in their 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 ...
... learned . These little pieces will be found more finished in their 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 ...
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