The lives of the most eminent English poetsJ. Buckland, 1787 |
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... performances of Cowley and Milton be compared , for May I hold to be fuperior to both , the advantage seems to lie on the fide of Cowley . Milton is generally content to exprefs the thoughts of the an- cients in their language ; Cowley ...
... performances of Cowley and Milton be compared , for May I hold to be fuperior to both , the advantage seems to lie on the fide of Cowley . Milton is generally content to exprefs the thoughts of the an- cients in their language ; Cowley ...
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... ; the moralift , the politician , and the critick , mingle their influence even in this airy frolick of genius , To fuch a performance Suckling could have brought brought the gaiety , but not the knowledge ; Dryden 42 COWLEY .
... ; the moralift , the politician , and the critick , mingle their influence even in this airy frolick of genius , To fuch a performance Suckling could have brought brought the gaiety , but not the knowledge ; Dryden 42 COWLEY .
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... performances by their just value , and has therefore clofed his Mis- cellanies with the verfes upon Crafhaw , which appa- rently excel all that have gone before them , and in which there are beauties which common authors may justly ...
... performances by their just value , and has therefore clofed his Mis- cellanies with the verfes upon Crafhaw , which appa- rently excel all that have gone before them , and in which there are beauties which common authors may justly ...
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... performance of the work . Sacred Hiftory has been always read with fubmiffive reverence , and an imagination over - awed and con- trolled . We have been accustomed to acquiefce in the nakedness and fimplicity of the authentic narrative ...
... performance of the work . Sacred Hiftory has been always read with fubmiffive reverence , and an imagination over - awed and con- trolled . We have been accustomed to acquiefce in the nakedness and fimplicity of the authentic narrative ...
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... by which envy degrades excellence . A re- port was spread , that the performance was not his own , but that he had bought it of a vicar for forty pounds . The The fame attempt was made to rob Addifon of his 72 DEN HAM .
... by which envy degrades excellence . A re- port was spread , that the performance was not his own , but that he had bought it of a vicar for forty pounds . The The fame attempt was made to rob Addifon of his 72 DEN HAM .
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