Lives of the English Poets: Cowley-DrydenClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... an awkward return . ' John- son did not own ' to whom he was obliged ; so that the acknowledge- ment is unappropriated to his Grace . ' Boswell's Johnson , iv . 63 . THE COWLEY I HE Life of Cowley , notwithstanding the.
... an awkward return . ' John- son did not own ' to whom he was obliged ; so that the acknowledge- ment is unappropriated to his Grace . ' Boswell's Johnson , iv . 63 . THE COWLEY I HE Life of Cowley , notwithstanding the.
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Samuel Johnson George Birkbeck Norman Hill. THE COWLEY I HE Life of Cowley , notwithstanding the penury of English 1 biography 2 , has been written by Dr. Sprat , an author whose pregnancy of imagination and elegance of language have ...
Samuel Johnson George Birkbeck Norman Hill. THE COWLEY I HE Life of Cowley , notwithstanding the penury of English 1 biography 2 , has been written by Dr. Sprat , an author whose pregnancy of imagination and elegance of language have ...
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... Cowley . ' Essays of Elia , p . 206 . Cowley , according to Dryden , looked upon Chaucer as ' a dry old- fashioned wit , not worth reviving . Having read him over at the Earl of Leicester's request , he declared he had no taste of him ...
... Cowley . ' Essays of Elia , p . 206 . Cowley , according to Dryden , looked upon Chaucer as ' a dry old- fashioned wit , not worth reviving . Having read him over at the Earl of Leicester's request , he declared he had no taste of him ...
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... Cowley , Milton , and Pope might 6 be said ' to lisp in numbers , ' and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy minds seems scarcely credible . But of the learned ...
... Cowley , Milton , and Pope might 6 be said ' to lisp in numbers , ' and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy minds seems scarcely credible . But of the learned ...
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