The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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... 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 con- dition Dr. Sprat ...
... 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 con- dition Dr. Sprat ...
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... 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 rejecting others , an ...
... 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 rejecting others , an ...
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... thing now in which we are vitally concerned : I am one of the last hopers , and yet cannot now abstain from believing , that an agreement will be made ; all people upon the place incline to that of union . The Scotch will moderate ...
... thing now in which we are vitally concerned : I am one of the last hopers , and yet cannot now abstain from believing , that an agreement will be made ; all people upon the place incline to that of union . The Scotch will moderate ...
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... thing to the honour of his country . Considering botany as necessary to a physician , he retired into Kent to gather plants ; and as the predominance of a favourite study affects all subordinate operations of the intellect , botany in ...
... thing to the honour of his country . Considering botany as necessary to a physician , he retired into Kent to gather plants ; and as the predominance of a favourite study affects all subordinate operations of the intellect , botany in ...
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... 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 . For the rejection of this play it is difficult now ...
... 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 . For the rejection of this play it is difficult now ...
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