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... wrote a Song of Triumph . But this was a time of such general hope , that great numbers were inevitably disap- pointed ; and Cowley found his reward very tediously delayed . He had been promised by both Charles the First and Second ...
... wrote a Song of Triumph . But this was a time of such general hope , that great numbers were inevitably disap- pointed ; and Cowley found his reward very tediously delayed . He had been promised by both Charles the First and Second ...
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... wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so imperfect that they were only found to be verses by counting the syllables . If the father of criticism has ...
... wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so imperfect that they were only found to be verses by counting the syllables . If the father of criticism has ...
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... which enables us to conceive and to excite the pains and the pleasure of other minds : they never inquired what , on any occasion , they should have said or done ; but wrote rather as beholders than partakers 12 COWLEY .
... which enables us to conceive and to excite the pains and the pleasure of other minds : they never inquired what , on any occasion , they should have said or done ; but wrote rather as beholders than partakers 12 COWLEY .
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Samuel Johnson. or done ; but wrote rather as beholders than partakers of human nature ; as beings looking upon good and evil , impas- sive and at leisure ; as Epicurean deities , making remarks on the actions of men , and the ...
Samuel Johnson. or done ; but wrote rather as beholders than partakers of human nature ; as beings looking upon good and evil , impas- sive and at leisure ; as Epicurean deities , making remarks on the actions of men , and the ...
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... wrote poesies for rings . They , who above do various circles find , Say , like a ring , th ' equator Heaven does bind . When Heaven shall be adorn'd by thee , ( Which then more Heav'n than ' tis will be ) ' Tis thou must write the ...
... wrote poesies for rings . They , who above do various circles find , Say , like a ring , th ' equator Heaven does bind . When Heaven shall be adorn'd by thee , ( Which then more Heav'n than ' tis will be ) ' Tis thou must write the ...
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