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... that scarcely any thing is distinctly known , but all is shewn confused and
enlarged through the mist of panegyric . ABRAHAM COWLEY was born in the
year one thousand six hundred and eighteen . His father was a grocer , whose
condition ...
... that scarcely any thing is distinctly known , but all is shewn confused and
enlarged through the mist of panegyric . ABRAHAM COWLEY was born in the
year one thousand six hundred and eighteen . His father was a grocer , whose
condition ...
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It is surely very difficult to tell any thing as it was heard , when Sprat could not
refrain from amplifying a commodious incident , though the book to which he
prefixed his narrative contained'its confutation . A memory admitting some things ,
and ...
It is surely very difficult to tell any thing as it was heard , when Sprat could not
refrain from amplifying a commodious incident , though the book to which he
prefixed his narrative contained'its confutation . A memory admitting some things ,
and ...
Page 5
At Paris , as secretary to Lord Jermyn , he was engaged in transacting things of
real importance with real men and real ... Speaking of the Scotch treaty then in
agitation : " The Scotch treaty , " says he , “ is the only thing now in which we are ...
At Paris , as secretary to Lord Jermyn , he was engaged in transacting things of
real importance with real men and real ... Speaking of the Scotch treaty then in
agitation : " The Scotch treaty , " says he , “ is the only thing now in which we are ...
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... the multitude , no man , perhaps , has a right , in things admitting of gradation
and comparison , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , and totally to
exclude diffidence and shame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence
.
... the multitude , no man , perhaps , has a right , in things admitting of gradation
and comparison , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , and totally to
exclude diffidence and shame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence
.
Page 9
... still called upon him , and represented to him the true delights of solitary
studies , of temperate pleasures , and a moderate revenue below the malice and
flatteries of fortune . " So differently are things seen ! and so differently are
COWLEY .
... still called upon him , and represented to him the true delights of solitary
studies , of temperate pleasures , and a moderate revenue below the malice and
flatteries of fortune . " So differently are things seen ! and so differently are
COWLEY .
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| Title | The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Collection of British and American Authors Collection of British authors Volumes 418-419 of Collection of British authors, Tauchnitz edition Volume 418 of Tauchnitz edition The Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1858 |
| Original from | Barcelona Athenaeum Library |
| Digitized | 22 Dec 2008 |
| Length | 414 pages |
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