The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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... perusal of Richardson's treatise . Sir By his mother's solicitation he was admitted into West- minster School , where he was soon distinguished . He was wont , says Sprat , to relate , " That he had this defect in his memory at that ...
... perusal of Richardson's treatise . Sir By his mother's solicitation he was admitted into West- minster School , where he was soon distinguished . He was wont , says Sprat , to relate , " That he had this defect in his memory at that ...
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... peruse one of his letters accidentally preserved by Peck , which I recommend to the consideration of all that may hereafter pant for solitude . " To DR . THOMAS SPRAT . " Chertsey , May 21 , 1665 . " The first night that I came hither ...
... peruse one of his letters accidentally preserved by Peck , which I recommend to the consideration of all that may hereafter pant for solitude . " To DR . THOMAS SPRAT . " Chertsey , May 21 , 1665 . " The first night that I came hither ...
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... perusal of his work , to which my narration can be considered only as a slender supplement . Cowley , like other poets who have written with narrow views , and , instead of tracing intellectual pleasures in the minds of men , paid their ...
... perusal of his work , to which my narration can be considered only as a slender supplement . Cowley , like other poets who have written with narrow views , and , instead of tracing intellectual pleasures in the minds of men , paid their ...
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... perusal of his work will sufficiently evince . Cowley's Mistress has no power of seduction : she " plays round the head , but reaches not the heart . " Her beauty and absence , her kindness and cruelty , her disdain and inconstancy ...
... perusal of his work will sufficiently evince . Cowley's Mistress has no power of seduction : she " plays round the head , but reaches not the heart . " Her beauty and absence , her kindness and cruelty , her disdain and inconstancy ...
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... perusal of the Davideis , as of all Cowley's works , we find wit and learning unprofitably squandered . Attention has no relief ; the affections are never moved ; we are sometimes surprised , but never delighted , and find much to ...
... perusal of the Davideis , as of all Cowley's works , we find wit and learning unprofitably squandered . Attention has no relief ; the affections are never moved ; we are sometimes surprised , but never delighted , and find much to ...
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