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Page 58
... supposed that his skill in the ancient languages was deficient , compared with that of com- mon students , but his scholastic acquisitions seem not proportionate to his opportunities and abilities . He could not , like Milton or Cowley ...
... supposed that his skill in the ancient languages was deficient , compared with that of com- mon students , but his scholastic acquisitions seem not proportionate to his opportunities and abilities . He could not , like Milton or Cowley ...
Page 86
... supposed to exhibit , negligence excepted , his deliberate and ultimate scheme of metre . We may , therefore , reasonably infer that he did not approve the perpetual uniformity which confines the sense to couplets , since he has broken ...
... supposed to exhibit , negligence excepted , his deliberate and ultimate scheme of metre . We may , therefore , reasonably infer that he did not approve the perpetual uniformity which confines the sense to couplets , since he has broken ...
Page 291
... supposed to have been writ- ten by Pope . After this general war upon Dullness , he seems to have indulged himself awhile in tranquillity ; but his subsequent productions prove that he was not idle . He published ( 1731 ) a poem on ...
... supposed to have been writ- ten by Pope . After this general war upon Dullness , he seems to have indulged himself awhile in tranquillity ; but his subsequent productions prove that he was not idle . He published ( 1731 ) a poem on ...
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From The Life of Abraham Cowley | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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