The lives of the most eminent English poetsJ. Buckland, 1787 |
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... tion to Sir Kenelm Digby ; of whofe acquaintance all his contemporaries feem to have been ambitious ; and Naufragium Joculare , " a comedy written in Latin , but without due attention to the ancient models ; for it is not loose verfe ...
... tion to Sir Kenelm Digby ; of whofe acquaintance all his contemporaries feem to have been ambitious ; and Naufragium Joculare , " a comedy written in Latin , but without due attention to the ancient models ; for it is not loose verfe ...
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... tion , that , whatever he may talk of his own inflam- mability , and the variety of characters by which his heart was divided , he in reality was in love but once , and then never had refolution to tell his paffion . This confideration ...
... tion , that , whatever he may talk of his own inflam- mability , and the variety of characters by which his heart was divided , he in reality was in love but once , and then never had refolution to tell his paffion . This confideration ...
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... tion ; having , by fuch alteration as he thought proper , fitted his old Comedy of the " Guardian " for the ftage , he produced it to the public under the title of " The " Cutter of Coleman - ftreet * . " It was treated on the ftage ...
... tion ; having , by fuch alteration as he thought proper , fitted his old Comedy of the " Guardian " for the ftage , he produced it to the public under the title of " The " Cutter of Coleman - ftreet * . " It was treated on the ftage ...
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... tion is not always gratified , at least the powers of reflec- tion and comparison are employed ; and in the mass of materials which ingenious abfurdity has thrown toge ther , genuine wit and useful knowledge may be fome- times found ...
... tion is not always gratified , at least the powers of reflec- tion and comparison are employed ; and in the mass of materials which ingenious abfurdity has thrown toge ther , genuine wit and useful knowledge may be fome- times found ...
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... Cowley delighted in it , as much as if he had invented it ; but , not to men- tion the ancients , he might have found it full - blown in modern Italy . Thus Sannazaro : Afpice quam variis diftringar Lesbia curis , Uror , & Afpice cowLE Y.
... Cowley delighted in it , as much as if he had invented it ; but , not to men- tion the ancients , he might have found it full - blown in modern Italy . Thus Sannazaro : Afpice quam variis diftringar Lesbia curis , Uror , & Afpice cowLE Y.
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