The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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... reason to suspect that his father was a sectary . Whoever he was , he died before the birth of his son , and consequently left him to the care of his mother ; whom Wood represents as struggling earnestly to procure him a literary ...
... reason to suspect that his father was a sectary . Whoever he was , he died before the birth of his son , and consequently left him to the care of his mother ; whom Wood represents as struggling earnestly to procure him a literary ...
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... reason to think that Cowley promised little . It does not appear that his compliance gained him confidence enough to be trusted without security , for the bond of his bail was never cancelled : nor that it made him think himself secure ...
... reason to think that Cowley promised little . It does not appear that his compliance gained him confidence enough to be trusted without security , for the bond of his bail was never cancelled : nor that it made him think himself secure ...
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... his own excellence . For the rejection of this play it is difficult now to find the reason ; it certainly has , in a very great degree , the power of fixing attention and exciting merriment . From the charge 8 COWLEY .
... his own excellence . For the rejection of this play it is difficult now to find the reason ; it certainly has , in a very great degree , the power of fixing attention and exciting merriment . From the charge 8 COWLEY .
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... reasons that made him to follow the violent inclination of his own mind , which , in the greatest throng of his former business , had still called upon him , and represented to him the true delights of solitary studies , of temperate ...
... reasons that made him to follow the violent inclination of his own mind , which , in the greatest throng of his former business , had still called upon him , and represented to him the true delights of solitary studies , of temperate ...
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... reason but fancy behind them ; and produced combinations of confused magnificence , that not only could not be credited , but could not be imagined . Yet great labour , directed by great abilities , is never wholly lost : if they ...
... reason but fancy behind them ; and produced combinations of confused magnificence , that not only could not be credited , but could not be imagined . Yet great labour , directed by great abilities , is never wholly lost : if they ...
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