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Page 6
... 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 ...
Page 55
... 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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