The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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... fault , wrote a Song of Triumph . But this was a time of such general hope , that great numbers were inevitably disap- pointed ; and Cowley found his reward very tediously delayed . He had been promised by both Charles the First and ...
... fault , wrote a Song of Triumph . But this was a time of such general hope , that great numbers were inevitably disap- pointed ; and Cowley found his reward very tediously delayed . He had been promised by both Charles the First and ...
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... faults , and nearly in the same proportion . They are written with exube- rance of wit , and with copiousness of learning : and it is truly asserted by Sprat , that the plenitude of the writer's knowledge flows in upon his page , so ...
... faults , and nearly in the same proportion . They are written with exube- rance of wit , and with copiousness of learning : and it is truly asserted by Sprat , that the plenitude of the writer's knowledge flows in upon his page , so ...
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... fault of Cowley , and perhaps of all the writers of the metaphysical race , is that of pursuing his thoughts to the last ramifications , by which he loses the grandeur of generality : for of the greatest things the parts are little ...
... fault of Cowley , and perhaps of all the writers of the metaphysical race , is that of pursuing his thoughts to the last ramifications , by which he loses the grandeur of generality : for of the greatest things the parts are little ...
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... faults of Cowley : Omnibus Mundi Dominator horis Aptat urgendas per inane pennas , Pars adhuc nido latet , et futuros Crescit in annos . Cowley , whatever was his subject , seems to have been carried , by a kind of destiny , to the ...
... faults of Cowley : Omnibus Mundi Dominator horis Aptat urgendas per inane pennas , Pars adhuc nido latet , et futuros Crescit in annos . Cowley , whatever was his subject , seems to have been carried , by a kind of destiny , to the ...
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... faults . The digressions are too long , the morality too frequent , and the sentiments sometimes such as will not ... fault by so nice a line of limitation ; the dif- ferent parts of the sentence are so accurately adjusted ; and the flow ...
... faults . The digressions are too long , the morality too frequent , and the sentiments sometimes such as will not ... fault by so nice a line of limitation ; the dif- ferent parts of the sentence are so accurately adjusted ; and the flow ...
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