The lives of the most eminent English poetsJ. Buckland, 1787 |
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... first fondnefs for his art ex- cited by the perufal of Richardfon's treatife . By his mother's folicitation he was admitted into Weftminster - school , where he was foon diftinguished . He was wont , fays Sprat , to relate , " That he ...
... first fondnefs for his art ex- cited by the perufal of Richardfon's treatife . By his mother's folicitation he was admitted into Weftminster - school , where he was foon diftinguished . He was wont , fays Sprat , to relate , " That he ...
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... First let him fee his friends in battle flain , And their untimely fate lament in vain : And when , at length , the cruel war fhall ceafe , On hard conditions may he buy his peace ; Nor let him then enjoy fupreme command , But fall ...
... First let him fee his friends in battle flain , And their untimely fate lament in vain : And when , at length , the cruel war fhall ceafe , On hard conditions may he buy his peace ; Nor let him then enjoy fupreme command , But fall ...
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... and as the predomi nance of a favourite ftudy affects all fubordinate ope- rations of the intellect , Botany in the mind of Cowley turned into Poetry . He compofed in Latin feveral books . : books on Plants , of which the first COWLEY . 15.
... and as the predomi nance of a favourite ftudy affects all fubordinate ope- rations of the intellect , Botany in the mind of Cowley turned into Poetry . He compofed in Latin feveral books . : books on Plants , of which the first COWLEY . 15.
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Samuel Johnson . : books on Plants , of which the first and second display the qualities of Herbs , in elegiac verfe ; the third and fourth the beauties of Flowers in various measures ; and in the fifth and fixth , the uses of trees in ...
Samuel Johnson . : books on Plants , of which the first and second display the qualities of Herbs , in elegiac verfe ; the third and fourth the beauties of Flowers in various measures ; and in the fifth and fixth , the uses of trees in ...
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... first exhibition , related to Mr. Dennis , " that when they " told Cowley , how little favour had been fhewn him , " he received the news of his ill fuccefs , not with fo " much firmness as might have been expected from fo great a man ...
... first exhibition , related to Mr. Dennis , " that when they " told Cowley , how little favour had been fhewn him , " he received the news of his ill fuccefs , not with fo " much firmness as might have been expected from fo great a man ...
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