Lives of the English Poets: Cowley-DrydenClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... less provision of materials than might have been accumulated by longer premeditation 2 . Of the later writers at least I might , by attention and enquiry , have gleaned many particulars , which would have diversified and enlivened my ...
... less provision of materials than might have been accumulated by longer premeditation 2 . Of the later writers at least I might , by attention and enquiry , have gleaned many particulars , which would have diversified and enlivened my ...
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... less carefully ' On July 27 , 1778 , Johnson wrote to John Nichols , the printer of the Lives : ' You have now all Cowley . I have been drawn to a great length , but Cowley or Waller never had any critical examination before . ' Letters ...
... less carefully ' On July 27 , 1778 , Johnson wrote to John Nichols , the printer of the Lives : ' You have now all Cowley . I have been drawn to a great length , but Cowley or Waller never had any critical examination before . ' Letters ...
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... less deserved his tenderness . Of Cowley we are told by Barnes , who had means enough of information , that , whatever he may talk of his own inflammability and the variety of characters by which his heart was divided , he in reality ...
... less deserved his tenderness . Of Cowley we are told by Barnes , who had means enough of information , that , whatever he may talk of his own inflammability and the variety of characters by which his heart was divided , he in reality ...
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... less than hanging . Another misfortune has been , and stranger than all the rest , that you have broke your word with me , and failed to come , even though you told Mr. Bois3 that you would . This is what they call Monstri simile . I do ...
... less than hanging . Another misfortune has been , and stranger than all the rest , that you have broke your word with me , and failed to come , even though you told Mr. Bois3 that you would . This is what they call Monstri simile . I do ...
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... less copiousness of sentiment . I 62 This kind of writing , which was , I believe , borrowed from Marino and his followers , had been recommended by the example of Donne , a man of very extensive and various knowledge , and by Jonson ...
... less copiousness of sentiment . I 62 This kind of writing , which was , I believe , borrowed from Marino and his followers , had been recommended by the example of Donne , a man of very extensive and various knowledge , and by Jonson ...
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