The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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Page 8
... expected from so great a man . " What firmness they expected , or what weakness Cowley discovered , cannot be known . He that misses his end will never be as much pleased as he that attains it , even when he can impute no part of his ...
... expected from so great a man . " What firmness they expected , or what weakness Cowley discovered , cannot be known . He that misses his end will never be as much pleased as he that attains it , even when he can impute no part of his ...
Page 9
... expected , while others for their money carried away most places , he retired discontented into Surry . " " He was now , " says the courtly Sprat , " weary of the vexations and formalities of an active condition . He had been perplexed ...
... expected , while others for their money carried away most places , he retired discontented into Surry . " " He was now , " says the courtly Sprat , " weary of the vexations and formalities of an active condition . He had been perplexed ...
Page 62
... expected ; yet to him Milton owed his introduction to Manso , Marquis of Villa , who had been before the patron of Tasso . Manso was enough delighted with his accomplishments to honour him with a sorry distich , in which he commends him ...
... expected ; yet to him Milton owed his introduction to Manso , Marquis of Villa , who had been before the patron of Tasso . Manso was enough delighted with his accomplishments to honour him with a sorry distich , in which he commends him ...
Page 66
... expected the " Paradise Lost . " He published the same year two more pamphlets , upon the same question . To one of his antagonists , who affirms that he was " vomited out of the University , " he answers in general terms . " The ...
... expected the " Paradise Lost . " He published the same year two more pamphlets , upon the same question . To one of his antagonists , who affirms that he was " vomited out of the University , " he answers in general terms . " The ...
Page 67
... expected all the advantages of a conjugal life . The lady , however , seems not much to have delighted in the pleasures of spare diet and hard study : for , as Philips relates , " having for a month led a philosophic life , after having ...
... expected all the advantages of a conjugal life . The lady , however , seems not much to have delighted in the pleasures of spare diet and hard study : for , as Philips relates , " having for a month led a philosophic life , after having ...
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