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... . t DENHAM , 97 MILTON , 113 BUTLER , 255 ROCHESTER , 280 ROSCOMMON , 292 OTWAY , 308 WALLER , 316 POMFRET , 396 DORSET , 398 STEPNEY , 404 J. PHILIPS , 408 WALSH , 433 t [ 3 ] ADVERTISEMENT TO THE EDITION OF 1783 [ iii ]
... . t DENHAM , 97 MILTON , 113 BUTLER , 255 ROCHESTER , 280 ROSCOMMON , 292 OTWAY , 308 WALLER , 316 POMFRET , 396 DORSET , 398 STEPNEY , 404 J. PHILIPS , 408 WALSH , 433 t [ 3 ] ADVERTISEMENT TO THE EDITION OF 1783 [ iii ]
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... Waller , Denham , Cowley , Cleiveland , and Milton . Denham and Waller fought another way to fame , by improving the harmony of our numbers . Milton tried the metaphy- fick ftyle only in his lines upon Hobson the Carrier . Cowley ...
... Waller , Denham , Cowley , Cleiveland , and Milton . Denham and Waller fought another way to fame , by improving the harmony of our numbers . Milton tried the metaphy- fick ftyle only in his lines upon Hobson the Carrier . Cowley ...
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... Waller never could produce . The bulk of his thoughts fometimes fwelled his verfe to unexpected and inevitable gran- deur ; but his excellence of this kind is merely merely fortuitous : he finks willingly down to his general COW LE Y ,
... Waller never could produce . The bulk of his thoughts fometimes fwelled his verfe to unexpected and inevitable gran- deur ; but his excellence of this kind is merely merely fortuitous : he finks willingly down to his general COW LE Y ,
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... Waller re- marked , " that he broke out like the Irish " rebellion three fcore thousand strong " when nobody was aware , or in the least fufpected it ; " an obfervation which could have had no propriety , had his poe- tical abilities ...
... Waller re- marked , " that he broke out like the Irish " rebellion three fcore thousand strong " when nobody was aware , or in the least fufpected it ; " an obfervation which could have had no propriety , had his poe- tical abilities ...
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... Waller , " fays Prior , ❝ im- 66 66 proved our verfification , and Dryden perfected it . " He has given fpecimens of various compofition , defcriptive , ludi- crous , didactick , and fublime . He appears to have had , in common with ...
... Waller , " fays Prior , ❝ im- 66 66 proved our verfification , and Dryden perfected it . " He has given fpecimens of various compofition , defcriptive , ludi- crous , didactick , and fublime . He appears to have had , in common with ...
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