The lives of the most eminent English poetsJ. Buckland, 1787 |
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... is faid to have written , while he was yet a young ftudent , the greater part of his " Davideis ; " a work of which the materials could not have been collected without the ftudy B 4 study of many years , but by a mind of COWLEY . 7.
... is faid to have written , while he was yet a young ftudent , the greater part of his " Davideis ; " a work of which the materials could not have been collected without the ftudy B 4 study of many years , but by a mind of COWLEY . 7.
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Samuel Johnson. study of many years , but by a mind of the greateft vigour and activity . 66 Two years after his fettlement at Cambridge he published " Love's Riddle , " with a poetical dedica- tion to Sir Kenelm Digby ; of whofe ...
Samuel Johnson. study of many years , but by a mind of the greateft vigour and activity . 66 Two years after his fettlement at Cambridge he published " Love's Riddle , " with a poetical dedica- tion to Sir Kenelm Digby ; of whofe ...
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... studies and ferious employment . No man needs to be fo burthened with life as to fquander it in voluntary dreams of fictitious occurrences . The man that fits down to fuppofe himself charged with treafon or pe- culation , and heats his ...
... studies and ferious employment . No man needs to be fo burthened with life as to fquander it in voluntary dreams of fictitious occurrences . The man that fits down to fuppofe himself charged with treafon or pe- culation , and heats his ...
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... studies , in oppofition to the general notions fupplied by a wide furvey of life and nature , Cowley certainly errs , by introducing pedantry far more frequently than Taffo . I know not , indeed , why they fhould be compared ; for the ...
... studies , in oppofition to the general notions fupplied by a wide furvey of life and nature , Cowley certainly errs , by introducing pedantry far more frequently than Taffo . I know not , indeed , why they fhould be compared ; for the ...
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... study . In the general review of Cowley's poetry it will be found , that he wrote with abundant fertility , but ne- gligent or unfkilful felection ; with much thought ; but with little imagery ; that he is never pathetick , and and ...
... study . In the general review of Cowley's poetry it will be found , that he wrote with abundant fertility , but ne- gligent or unfkilful felection ; with much thought ; but with little imagery ; that he is never pathetick , and and ...
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