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... excellence than that in which Cowley condemns exuberance of wit : Yet ' tis not to adorn and gild each part , That shows more cost than art . Jewels at nose and lips but ill appear ; Rather than all things wit , let none be there ...
... excellence than that in which Cowley condemns exuberance of wit : Yet ' tis not to adorn and gild each part , That shows more cost than art . Jewels at nose and lips but ill appear ; Rather than all things wit , let none be there ...
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... excellence in poetry , may be applied to these compositions . No author ever kept his verse and his prose at a greater distance from each other . His thoughts are natural , and his style has a smooth and placid equability , which has ...
... excellence in poetry , may be applied to these compositions . No author ever kept his verse and his prose at a greater distance from each other . His thoughts are natural , and his style has a smooth and placid equability , which has ...
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... excellence is acquired ; what we hope ever to do with ease we must learn first to do with diligence . Those who admire the beauties of this great poet sometimes force their own judgment into false approbation of his little pieces , and ...
... excellence is acquired ; what we hope ever to do with ease we must learn first to do with diligence . Those who admire the beauties of this great poet sometimes force their own judgment into false approbation of his little pieces , and ...
Contents
WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
George Granville LORD LANSDOWN 1665173435 | 35 |
INTRODUCTION by L ArcherHind | 44 |
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