The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volume 1 |
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... , he published a fatire , called " The Puritan and Papist , " which was only inferted in the last collec- tion of his works * ; and fo diftinguished himself tion 6 CO . W LE Y. the ancient models; for, it is not loose ...
... , he published a fatire , called " The Puritan and Papist , " which was only inferted in the last collec- tion of his works * ; and fo diftinguished himself tion 6 CO . W LE Y. the ancient models; for, it is not loose ...
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... last hopers , " and yet cannot now abftain from be- lieving , that an agreement will be made : " all people upon the place incline to that " of union . The Scotch will moderate 66 66 fomething of the rigour of their de- " mands ; the ...
... last hopers , " and yet cannot now abftain from be- lieving , that an agreement will be made : " all people upon the place incline to that " of union . The Scotch will moderate 66 66 fomething of the rigour of their de- " mands ; the ...
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... last neceffary to read and think . No man could be born a metaphysical poet , nor affume the dignity of a writer , by defcriptions copied from descriptions , by imitations borrowed from imitations , by traditional imagery , and ...
... last neceffary to read and think . No man could be born a metaphysical poet , nor affume the dignity of a writer , by defcriptions copied from descriptions , by imitations borrowed from imitations , by traditional imagery , and ...
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... last night of the year , have fome- thing in them too scholaftic , they are not inelegant : This twilight of two years , not paft nor next , Some emblem is of me , or I of this , Who , meteor - like , of stuff and form perplext , Whose ...
... last night of the year , have fome- thing in them too scholaftic , they are not inelegant : This twilight of two years , not paft nor next , Some emblem is of me , or I of this , Who , meteor - like , of stuff and form perplext , Whose ...
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... last tempeft of my death Shall figh out that too , with my breath . That the chaos was harmonifed , has been recited of old ; but whence the dif- ferent founds arofe remained for a modern to discover : Th ' ungovern'd parts no ...
... last tempeft of my death Shall figh out that too , with my breath . That the chaos was harmonifed , has been recited of old ; but whence the dif- ferent founds arofe remained for a modern to discover : Th ' ungovern'd parts no ...
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