Lives of the English Poets: Cowley-DrydenClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... lines lower down . ' 3 ' Doctor Donne , the greatest wit , though not the best poet of our nation . ' DRYDEN , Works , xi . 123 . ' If we are not so great wits as Donne , yet certainly we are better poets . ' Ib . xiii . 109 . ' Donne ...
... lines lower down . ' 3 ' Doctor Donne , the greatest wit , though not the best poet of our nation . ' DRYDEN , Works , xi . 123 . ' If we are not so great wits as Donne , yet certainly we are better poets . ' Ib . xiii . 109 . ' Donne ...
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... lines than in the cast of his sentiments2 . 63 When their reputation was high they had undoubtedly more imitators than time has left behind . Their immediate succes- sors , of whom any remembrance can be said to remain , were Suckling ...
... lines than in the cast of his sentiments2 . 63 When their reputation was high they had undoubtedly more imitators than time has left behind . Their immediate succes- sors , of whom any remembrance can be said to remain , were Suckling ...
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... lines are not easily 1 understood they may be read again . ' On a round ball A workman , that hath copies by , can lay An Europe , Afric , and an Asia , And quickly make that , which was nothing , all . So doth each tear , Which thee ...
... lines are not easily 1 understood they may be read again . ' On a round ball A workman , that hath copies by , can lay An Europe , Afric , and an Asia , And quickly make that , which was nothing , all . So doth each tear , Which thee ...
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... lines so many 79 remote ideas could be brought together ? ' Since ' tis my doom , Love's undershrieve , Why this reprieve ? Why doth my She Advowson fly Incumbency2 ? To sell thyself dost thou intend By candle's end , And hold the ...
... lines so many 79 remote ideas could be brought together ? ' Since ' tis my doom , Love's undershrieve , Why this reprieve ? Why doth my She Advowson fly Incumbency2 ? To sell thyself dost thou intend By candle's end , And hold the ...
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... - born wood of various lines there grows ; Here buds an L [ A ] , and there a B , 2 Eng . Poets , viii . 201 . * Ib . viii . 100 . 3 Grosart's Donne , ii . 182 . 4 * Eng . Poets , vii . 136 . r Here sprouts a V , and there a T , 28 COWLEY.
... - born wood of various lines there grows ; Here buds an L [ A ] , and there a B , 2 Eng . Poets , viii . 201 . * Ib . viii . 100 . 3 Grosart's Donne , ii . 182 . 4 * Eng . Poets , vii . 136 . r Here sprouts a V , and there a T , 28 COWLEY.
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