The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volume 1 |
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... continued his studies with great intenseness ; for , he is faid to have written , while he was yet a young ftudent , the greater part of his " Davideis ; " a work of which the materials could not have been collected without the ftudy of ...
... continued his studies with great intenseness ; for , he is faid to have written , while he was yet a young ftudent , the greater part of his " Davideis ; " a work of which the materials could not have been collected without the ftudy of ...
Page 16
... into France , where he resumed his former station , and staid till the Resto- ration . " He continued , " fays his biographer , " under these bonds till the general deliver- “ ance ; ” ance ; " it is therefore to be fuppofed , 16 COWLEY .
... into France , where he resumed his former station , and staid till the Resto- ration . " He continued , " fays his biographer , " under these bonds till the general deliver- “ ance ; ” ance ; " it is therefore to be fuppofed , 16 COWLEY .
Page 49
... continued by tradition , because they supply commodious allufions . It gave a piteous groan , and fo it broke : In vain it fomething would have fpoke : The love within too strong for't was , Like poifon put into a Venice - glafs ...
... continued by tradition , because they supply commodious allufions . It gave a piteous groan , and fo it broke : In vain it fomething would have fpoke : The love within too strong for't was , Like poifon put into a Venice - glafs ...
Page 80
... continued till it is tedious I ' th ' library a few choice authors ftood , Yet ' twas well ftor'd , for that fmall ftore was good ; Writing , man's fpiritual phyfic , was not then Itfelf , as now , grown a disease of men . Learning ...
... continued till it is tedious I ' th ' library a few choice authors ftood , Yet ' twas well ftor'd , for that fmall ftore was good ; Writing , man's fpiritual phyfic , was not then Itfelf , as now , grown a disease of men . Learning ...
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... continued to delight through all the chan- ges of human manners , he contented him- felf with a deciduous laurel , of which the verdure in its fpring was bright and but which time has been continually steal- , ing from his brows . gay ...
... continued to delight through all the chan- ges of human manners , he contented him- felf with a deciduous laurel , of which the verdure in its fpring was bright and but which time has been continually steal- , ing from his brows . gay ...
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