The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volume 1 |
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... never felt ; fuppofes himself sometimes invited , and fometimes forfaken ; fatigues his fancy , and ranfacks his memory , for images which may exhibit the gaiety of hope , hope , or the gloominefs of defpair ; and dreffes COWLEY . 9.
... never felt ; fuppofes himself sometimes invited , and fometimes forfaken ; fatigues his fancy , and ranfacks his memory , for images which may exhibit the gaiety of hope , hope , or the gloominefs of defpair ; and dreffes COWLEY . 9.
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... sometimes esteem as learned , and fometimes defpife as trifling , always ad- mire as ingenious , and always condemn as unnatural . The Pindarique Odes are now to be con- fidered ; a species of compofition , which Cowley thinks ...
... sometimes esteem as learned , and fometimes defpife as trifling , always ad- mire as ingenious , and always condemn as unnatural . The Pindarique Odes are now to be con- fidered ; a species of compofition , which Cowley thinks ...
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... sometimes a degree of meanness that furpaffes expectation : Nay , gentle guefts , he cries , fince now you're in , The ftory of your gallant friend begin . In a fimile defcriptive of the morning : As glimmering ftars juft at th ...
... sometimes a degree of meanness that furpaffes expectation : Nay , gentle guefts , he cries , fince now you're in , The ftory of your gallant friend begin . In a fimile defcriptive of the morning : As glimmering ftars juft at th ...
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... briel got first his skin , and then his mantle , then his lace , and then his scarfe , and related it in the terms of the mercer and taylor . Some- Sometimes he indulges himself in a di- greffion , always CO W LEY . .79.
... briel got first his skin , and then his mantle , then his lace , and then his scarfe , and related it in the terms of the mercer and taylor . Some- Sometimes he indulges himself in a di- greffion , always CO W LEY . .79.
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With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. Sometimes he indulges himself in a di- greffion , always conceived with his natural exuberance , and commonly , even where it is not long , continued till it is tedious I ' th ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. Sometimes he indulges himself in a di- greffion , always conceived with his natural exuberance , and commonly , even where it is not long , continued till it is tedious I ' th ...
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