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CONTENTS OF V ( L U M E I. PAGE COWLEY I DENHAM 48 MILTON 56
BUTLER 120 ROCHESTER 131 ROSCOMMON 137 OTWAY 145 WALLER 149
POMFRET 187 DORSET 188 STEPNEY 191 J. PHILIPS 193 WALSH 205
DRYDEN 207 ...
CONTENTS OF V ( L U M E I. PAGE COWLEY I DENHAM 48 MILTON 56
BUTLER 120 ROCHESTER 131 ROSCOMMON 137 OTWAY 145 WALLER 149
POMFRET 187 DORSET 188 STEPNEY 191 J. PHILIPS 193 WALSH 205
DRYDEN 207 ...
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Denham and Waller sought another way to fame , by improving the harmony of
our numbers . Milton tried the metaphysic style only in his lines upon Hobson the
Carrier . Cowley adopted it , and excelled his predecessors , having as much ...
Denham and Waller sought another way to fame , by improving the harmony of
our numbers . Milton tried the metaphysic style only in his lines upon Hobson the
Carrier . Cowley adopted it , and excelled his predecessors , having as much ...
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He has indeed many noble lines , such as the feeble care of Waller never could
produce . The bulk of his thoughts sometimes swelled his verse to unexpected
and inevitable grandeur ; but his excellence of this kind is merely fortuitous : he ...
He has indeed many noble lines , such as the feeble care of Waller never could
produce . The bulk of his thoughts sometimes swelled his verse to unexpected
and inevitable grandeur ; but his excellence of this kind is merely fortuitous : he ...
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This seems to have given him his first hold of the public attention ; for Waller
remarked , “ That he broke out like the Irish rebellion , threescore thousand strong
, when nobody was aware , or in the in 163 least suspected it ; " an observation ...
This seems to have given him his first hold of the public attention ; for Waller
remarked , “ That he broke out like the Irish rebellion , threescore thousand strong
, when nobody was aware , or in the in 163 least suspected it ; " an observation ...
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Denham and Waller , " says Prior , " improved our versification , and Dryden
perfected it . " He has given specimens of various composition , descriptive ,
ludicrous , didactic , and sublime . He appears to have had , in common with
almost all ...
Denham and Waller , " says Prior , " improved our versification , and Dryden
perfected it . " He has given specimens of various composition , descriptive ,
ludicrous , didactic , and sublime . He appears to have had , in common with
almost all ...
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