The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volume 1 |
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... character , not the life of Cowley ; for , he writes with fo little detail , that scarcely any thing is diftinctly known , but all is fhewn confufed and enlarged through the mift of pane- gyrick . ABRAHAM COWLEY was born in the year one ...
... character , not the life of Cowley ; for , he writes with fo little detail , that scarcely any thing is diftinctly known , but all is fhewn confufed and enlarged through the mift of pane- gyrick . ABRAHAM COWLEY was born in the year one ...
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... 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 cannot but abate , in some measure , the reader's efteem for the work and the author ...
... 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 cannot but abate , in some measure , the reader's efteem for the work and the author ...
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... character from crimes which he was never within the poffibility of committing , dif- fers only by the infrequency of his folly from him who praises beauty which he never faw ; complains of jealousy which he never felt ; fuppofes himself ...
... character from crimes which he was never within the poffibility of committing , dif- fers only by the infrequency of his folly from him who praises beauty which he never faw ; complains of jealousy which he never felt ; fuppofes himself ...
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... character of Physician , ftill , according to Sprat , with intention , " to diffemble the main defign of his coming over ; " and , as Mr. Wood relates , " complying with the men then in power ( which was much “ taken notice of by the ...
... character of Physician , ftill , according to Sprat , with intention , " to diffemble the main defign of his coming over ; " and , as Mr. Wood relates , " complying with the men then in power ( which was much “ taken notice of by the ...
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... arti- cle , " Cutter of Coleman - ftreet , " and that , because a merry fharking fellow about the town , named Cutter , is a principal character in it . H. has , " has , in a very great degree , the power 20 COWLEY .
... arti- cle , " Cutter of Coleman - ftreet , " and that , because a merry fharking fellow about the town , named Cutter , is a principal character in it . H. has , " has , in a very great degree , the power 20 COWLEY .
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afterwards againſt almoſt anſwer appears becauſe beſt cauſe cenfured compofitions Comus confidered Cowley defign defire delight diſcovered Dryden Earl eaſily elegance Engliſh eſcape expreffion fafe faid fame fatire favour fays fecond feems fent fentiments fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon ftudies fubject fuch fufficiently fupply fuppofed fure greateſt himſelf hiſtory houſe Hudibras images itſelf kindneſs King known laft laſt Latin learning leaſt lefs Lord Lord Conway meaſure Milton mind moſt muſt nature neceffary never NIHIL numbers obferved occafion paffage paffion Paradife Loft perfons perhaps Philips Pindar pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry praiſe prefent preferved profe publick publiſhed purpoſe racter raiſed reaſon reprefented rhyme ſays ſeems ſome ſtate ſtill ſtudy ſtyle ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tion tranflation underſtanding univerfally uſe verfe verfification verſes Waller whofe whoſe write