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Page 42
... least a sigh or two , Such and fo many I'll repay As fhall themselves make winds to get to you . In tears I'll wafte these eyes , By Love fo vainly fed ; So luft of old the Deluge punished . COWLEY . COWLEY , All arm'd in brafs the ...
... least a sigh or two , Such and fo many I'll repay As fhall themselves make winds to get to you . In tears I'll wafte these eyes , By Love fo vainly fed ; So luft of old the Deluge punished . COWLEY . COWLEY , All arm'd in brafs the ...
Page 74
... least fee that they are ill reprefented by fuch puny poetry ; and all will determine that , if this be the old Theban ftrain , it is not worthy of revival . . To the difproportion and incongruity of Cowley's fentiments must be 4 To 74 ...
... least fee that they are ill reprefented by fuch puny poetry ; and all will determine that , if this be the old Theban ftrain , it is not worthy of revival . . To the difproportion and incongruity of Cowley's fentiments must be 4 To 74 ...
Page 77
... least that admiration which is due to great comprehenfion of knowledge , and great fertility of fancy . The thoughts are often new , and often ftriking ; but the greatnefs of one part is difgraced by the little- nefs of another ; and ...
... least that admiration which is due to great comprehenfion of knowledge , and great fertility of fancy . The thoughts are often new , and often ftriking ; but the greatnefs of one part is difgraced by the little- nefs of another ; and ...
Page 78
... least , confeffed to have mifcarried . There are not many examples of fo great a work , produced by an author generally read , and generally praised , that has crept through a century with fo little regard . Whatever is faid of Cowley ...
... least , confeffed to have mifcarried . There are not many examples of fo great a work , produced by an author generally read , and generally praised , that has crept through a century with fo little regard . Whatever is faid of Cowley ...
Page 97
... least to our ears , will appear by a paffage , in which every reader will lament to fee juft and noble thoughts defrauded of their praise by inele- gance of language : VOL . I. H Where Where honour or where confcience does not blind ...
... least to our ears , will appear by a paffage , in which every reader will lament to fee juft and noble thoughts defrauded of their praise by inele- gance of language : VOL . I. H Where Where honour or where confcience does not blind ...
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