The lives of the English poets: in 2 vol, Volume 1Tauchnitz, 1858 - 402 pages |
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... 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 . 9.
... 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 . 9.
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... conveniently come hither the way of Hampton Town , lying there one night . I write this in pain , and can say no more : Verbum sapienti . ' * L'Allegro of Milton . " " even He did not long enjoy the pleasure , or suffer 10 COWLEY .
... conveniently come hither the way of Hampton Town , lying there one night . I write this in pain , and can say no more : Verbum sapienti . ' * L'Allegro of Milton . " " even He did not long enjoy the pleasure , or suffer 10 COWLEY .
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in 2 vol Samuel Johnson. He did not long enjoy the pleasure , or suffer the uneasi- ness , of solitude ; for he died ... pleasures in the minds of men , paid their court to temporary prejudices , has been at one time too much praised ...
in 2 vol Samuel Johnson. He did not long enjoy the pleasure , or suffer the uneasi- ness , of solitude ; for he died ... pleasures in the minds of men , paid their court to temporary prejudices , has been at one time too much praised ...
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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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... pleasure . The artifices of inversion , by which the established order of words is changed , or of innovation , by which new words or meanings of words are introduced , is practised , not by those who talk to be understood , but by ...
... pleasure . The artifices of inversion , by which the established order of words is changed , or of innovation , by which new words or meanings of words are introduced , is practised , not by those who talk to be understood , but by ...
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