Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1926 - English poetry |
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... produced from the same university , the two great Poets , Cowley and Milton , of dissimilar genius , of opposite principles ; but concurring in the cultivation of Latin poetry , in which the English , till their works and May's poem ...
... produced from the same university , the two great Poets , Cowley and Milton , of dissimilar genius , of opposite principles ; but concurring in the cultivation of Latin poetry , in which the English , till their works and May's poem ...
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... produced by an author generally read , and generally praised , that has crept through a century with so little regard . Whatever is said of Cowley , is meant of his other works . Of the Davideis ' no mention is made ; it never appears ...
... produced by an author generally read , and generally praised , that has crept through a century with so little regard . Whatever is said of Cowley , is meant of his other works . Of the Davideis ' no mention is made ; it never appears ...
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... produced by a sudden tumult of imagination , or a short paroxysm of violent labour . To accumu- late such a mass of sentiments at the call of accidental desire , or of sudden necessity , is beyond the reach and power of the most active ...
... produced by a sudden tumult of imagination , or a short paroxysm of violent labour . To accumu- late such a mass of sentiments at the call of accidental desire , or of sudden necessity , is beyond the reach and power of the most active ...
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