The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volume 1 |
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... kind of History , the fuc- ceffion of facts is not easily discovered ; and I am not without fufpicion that fome of Dryden's works are placed in wrong years . I have followed Langbaine , as the beft authority for his plays , and , if I ...
... kind of History , the fuc- ceffion of facts is not easily discovered ; and I am not without fufpicion that fome of Dryden's works are placed in wrong years . I have followed Langbaine , as the beft authority for his plays , and , if I ...
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... kind , which requires no ac- quaintance with the living world , and therefore the time at which it was com- pofed adds little to the wonders of Cow- ley's minority . In 1636 , he was removed to Cambridge * , where he continued his ...
... kind , which requires no ac- quaintance with the living world , and therefore the time at which it was com- pofed adds little to the wonders of Cow- ley's minority . In 1636 , he was removed to Cambridge * , where he continued his ...
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... kind the metaphyfical poets have feldom risen . Their thoughts are often new , but seldom natural ; they are not obvious , but neither are they juft ; and the reader , far from wondering that he miffed them , wonders more frequently by ...
... kind the metaphyfical poets have feldom risen . Their thoughts are often new , but seldom natural ; they are not obvious , but neither are they juft ; and the reader , far from wondering that he miffed them , wonders more frequently by ...
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... kind of writing , which was , I be- lieve , borrowed from Marino and his fol- lowers , had been recommended by the ex- ample of Donne , a man of a very exten- five and various knowledge ; and by Jonson , whofe manner resembled that of ...
... kind of writing , which was , I be- lieve , borrowed from Marino and his fol- lowers , had been recommended by the ex- ample of Donne , a man of a very exten- five and various knowledge ; and by Jonson , whofe manner resembled that of ...
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... These little pieces will be found more finished in their kind than any other of Cowley's works . The diction fhews no- thing of the mould of time , and the senti- thing 58 COWLEY . which apparently excel all that have gone ...
... These little pieces will be found more finished in their kind than any other of Cowley's works . The diction fhews no- thing of the mould of time , and the senti- thing 58 COWLEY . which apparently excel all that have gone ...
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