The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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Page 8
... favour had been shewn him , he received the news of his ill - success , not with so much firmness as might have been expected from so great a man . " What firmness they expected , or what weakness Cowley discovered , cannot be known ...
... favour had been shewn him , he received the news of his ill - success , not with so much firmness as might have been expected from so great a man . " What firmness they expected , or what weakness Cowley discovered , cannot be known ...
Page 21
... favour is diffus'd o'er all , From which all fortunes , names , and natures fall ; COWLEY . Then from those wombs of stars , the bride's bright eyes At every glance a constellation flies , And sows the court with stars , and doth ...
... favour is diffus'd o'er all , From which all fortunes , names , and natures fall ; COWLEY . Then from those wombs of stars , the bride's bright eyes At every glance a constellation flies , And sows the court with stars , and doth ...
Page 50
... favour of his master , and esteem of the public , would now make him happy . But human feli- city is short and uncertain ; a second marriage brought upon him so much disquiet , as for a time disordered his under- standing ; and Butler ...
... favour of his master , and esteem of the public , would now make him happy . But human feli- city is short and uncertain ; a second marriage brought upon him so much disquiet , as for a time disordered his under- standing ; and Butler ...
Page 61
... favour of Lord Scudamore , he had the opportunity of visiting Grotius , then risiding at the French court as ambas- sador from Christina of Sweden . From Paris he hasted into Italy , of which he had with particular diligence studied the ...
... favour of Lord Scudamore , he had the opportunity of visiting Grotius , then risiding at the French court as ambas- sador from Christina of Sweden . From Paris he hasted into Italy , of which he had with particular diligence studied the ...
Page 68
... favoured before . He that changes his party by his humour , is not more virtuous than he that changes it by his interest ; he loves himself rather than truth . His wife and her relations now found that Milton was not an unresisting ...
... favoured before . He that changes his party by his humour , is not more virtuous than he that changes it by his interest ; he loves himself rather than truth . His wife and her relations now found that Milton was not an unresisting ...
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