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... endeavoured to exhibit a general repre- sentation of the style and sentiments of the metaphysical poets , it is now proper to examine particularly the works of Cowley , who was almost the last of that race , and un- doubtedly the best ...
... endeavoured to exhibit a general repre- sentation of the style and sentiments of the metaphysical poets , it is now proper to examine particularly the works of Cowley , who was almost the last of that race , and un- doubtedly the best ...
Page 181
... endeavoured to persuade Portland to a declaration like his own , by a letter extant in Fenton's edition . ' But for me , ' says he , ' you had never known any thing of this business , which was prepared for another ; and therefore I ...
... endeavoured to persuade Portland to a declaration like his own , by a letter extant in Fenton's edition . ' But for me , ' says he , ' you had never known any thing of this business , which was prepared for another ; and therefore I ...
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Samuel Johnson. ment , Steele , whose pen readily seconded his political passions , endeavoured to alarm the nation by a pamphlet called The Plebeian ; to this an answer was published by Addison , under the title of The Old Whig , in ...
Samuel Johnson. ment , Steele , whose pen readily seconded his political passions , endeavoured to alarm the nation by a pamphlet called The Plebeian ; to this an answer was published by Addison , under the title of The Old Whig , in ...
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