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... expected from so great a man . " What firmness they expected , or what weakness Cowley discovered , cannot be known . He that misses his end will never be as much pleased as he that attains it , even when he can impute no part of his ...
... expected from so great a man . " What firmness they expected , or what weakness Cowley discovered , cannot be known . He that misses his end will never be as much pleased as he that attains it , even when he can impute no part of his ...
Page 61
... expected ; yet to him Milton owed his introduction to Manso , Marquis of Villa , who had been before the patron of Tasso . Manso was enough delighted with his accomplishments to honour him with a sorry distich , in which he commends him ...
... expected ; yet to him Milton owed his introduction to Manso , Marquis of Villa , who had been before the patron of Tasso . Manso was enough delighted with his accomplishments to honour him with a sorry distich , in which he commends him ...
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... expected from it may be doubted . The Italian Academy seems to have obtained its end . The language was refined , and so fixed that it has changed but little . The French Academy thought that they refined their language , and doubtless ...
... expected from it may be doubted . The Italian Academy seems to have obtained its end . The language was refined , and so fixed that it has changed but little . The French Academy thought that they refined their language , and doubtless ...
Contents
WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
George Granville LORD LANSDOWN 1665173435 | 35 |
INTRODUCTION by L ArcherHind | 44 |
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