The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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... satire , called " The Puritan and Papist , which was only inserted in the last collection of his Works ; and so distinguished himself by the warmth of his loyalty and the elegance of his conversation , that he gained the kindness and ...
... satire , called " The Puritan and Papist , which was only inserted in the last collection of his Works ; and so distinguished himself by the warmth of his loyalty and the elegance of his conversation , that he gained the kindness and ...
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... satire on the King's party . Mr. Dryden , who went with Mr. Sprat to the first ex- hibition , related to Mr. Dennis , " That , when they told Cowley how little favour had been shewn him , he received the news of his ill - success , not ...
... satire on the King's party . Mr. Dryden , who went with Mr. Sprat to the first ex- hibition , related to Mr. Dennis , " That , when they told Cowley how little favour had been shewn him , he received the news of his ill - success , not ...
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... satire on the royalists . That he might shorten this tedious suspense , he published his pretensions and his discontent , in an ode called " The Complaint ; " in which he styles himself the melancholy Cowley . This met with the usual ...
... satire on the royalists . That he might shorten this tedious suspense , he published his pretensions and his discontent , in an ode called " The Complaint ; " in which he styles himself the melancholy Cowley . This met with the usual ...
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... satire : - Quid agas , cum dira et fædior omni Crimine persona est ? As Salmasius reproached Milton with losing his eyes in the quarrel , Milton delighted himself with the belief that he had shortened Salmasius's life , and both perhaps ...
... satire : - Quid agas , cum dira et fædior omni Crimine persona est ? As Salmasius reproached Milton with losing his eyes in the quarrel , Milton delighted himself with the belief that he had shortened Salmasius's life , and both perhaps ...
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... satirical ; the rudeness of his invective is equalled by the grossness of his flattery . " Deserimur , Cromuelle , tu solus superes , ad te summa nostrarum rerum rediit , in te solo consistit , insuperabili tuæ virtuti cedimus cuncti ...
... satirical ; the rudeness of his invective is equalled by the grossness of his flattery . " Deserimur , Cromuelle , tu solus superes , ad te summa nostrarum rerum rediit , in te solo consistit , insuperabili tuæ virtuti cedimus cuncti ...
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