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... given some credit to the answer of his oracle . Some years afterwards , ' business , ' says Sprat , ' passed of course into other hands ' ; and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was in 1656 sent back into England , that ...
... given some credit to the answer of his oracle . Some years afterwards , ' business , ' says Sprat , ' passed of course into other hands ' ; and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was in 1656 sent back into England , that ...
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... given him his first hold of the publick attention ; for Waller remarked , ' that he broke out like the Irish rebellion three score thousand strong , when nobody was aware , or in the least suspected it ' : an observation which could ...
... given him his first hold of the publick attention ; for Waller remarked , ' that he broke out like the Irish rebellion three score thousand strong , when nobody was aware , or in the least suspected it ' : an observation which could ...
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... given very few examples . The critical decision has given the praise of strength to Denham , and of sweetness to Waller . His excellence of versification has some abatements . He uses the expletive do very frequently ; and though he ...
... given very few examples . The critical decision has given the praise of strength to Denham , and of sweetness to Waller . His excellence of versification has some abatements . He uses the expletive do very frequently ; and though he ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson Volume 83 of Oxford world's classics Volumes 83-84 of World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Contributor | Arthur Waugh |
| Publisher | H. Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1906 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Jul 2006 |
| Length | 493 pages |
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