Lives of the English Poets: Cowley-DrydenClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... learned puerilities of Cowley there is no doubt , since a volume of his poems was not only written but printed in his thirteenth year , containing , with other poetical compositions , & c . , 1719. By Jonathan Richardson . See ...
... learned puerilities of Cowley there is no doubt , since a volume of his poems was not only written but printed in his thirteenth year , containing , with other poetical compositions , & c . , 1719. By Jonathan Richardson . See ...
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... learned work , it seems to be now universally neglected . the ode written at thirteen . The title I of the poems was Poeticall Blossomes . Eng . Poets , vii . 31 , 33 , 56. In the third edition of Poeticall Blossomes , 1637 , Cowley ...
... learned work , it seems to be now universally neglected . the ode written at thirteen . The title I of the poems was Poeticall Blossomes . Eng . Poets , vii . 31 , 33 , 56. In the third edition of Poeticall Blossomes , 1637 , Cowley ...
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... learned from his master Pindar to call the ' dream of a shadow ' . ' It is surely not difficult , in the solitude of a college or in the 16 bustle of the world , to find useful studies and serious employ- ment . No man needs to be so ...
... learned from his master Pindar to call the ' dream of a shadow ' . ' It is surely not difficult , in the solitude of a college or in the 16 bustle of the world , to find useful studies and serious employ- ment . No man needs to be so ...
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... learned is to be retrieved , or something new is to be examined . If their greatness seldom elevates , their acuteness ✓ often surprises ; if the imagination is not always gratified , at least the powers of reflection and comparison ...
... learned is to be retrieved , or something new is to be examined . If their greatness seldom elevates , their acuteness ✓ often surprises ; if the imagination is not always gratified , at least the powers of reflection and comparison ...
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... learned notions give , And th ' apples were demonstrative : So clear their colour and divine , The very shade they cast did other lights outshine ' . ' On Anacreon continuing a lover in his old age : ' Love was with thy life entwin'd ...
... learned notions give , And th ' apples were demonstrative : So clear their colour and divine , The very shade they cast did other lights outshine ' . ' On Anacreon continuing a lover in his old age : ' Love was with thy life entwin'd ...
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