Lives of the English Poets: Cowley-DrydenClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... perhaps above all others , George Rankine Luke of Balliol , after- wards Senior Student of Christ Church , a man of singular ability , high character , and enthusiastic energy , whose untimely death by drowning in the Isis in 1862 ...
... perhaps above all others , George Rankine Luke of Balliol , after- wards Senior Student of Christ Church , a man of singular ability , high character , and enthusiastic energy , whose untimely death by drowning in the Isis in 1862 ...
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... and William Morris had their rooms . One hot morning he recalls when he had watched Burne - Jones painting a cluster of crown lilies in the square garden , perhaps the first time that the painter ever worked in oils . He XX BRIEF MEMOIR OF.
... and William Morris had their rooms . One hot morning he recalls when he had watched Burne - Jones painting a cluster of crown lilies in the square garden , perhaps the first time that the painter ever worked in oils . He XX BRIEF MEMOIR OF.
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... perhaps superior to his original ; and the English poet , who was a good bota- mist , has concealed the oaks under a more general expression . ' In his poem Of the Garden Cowley writes ( Eng . Poets , ix . 72 ) : - ' God the first ...
... perhaps superior to his original ; and the English poet , who was a good bota- mist , has concealed the oaks under a more general expression . ' In his poem Of the Garden Cowley writes ( Eng . Poets , ix . 72 ) : - ' God the first ...
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... perhaps has a right , in things admitting of gradation and comparison , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , and totally to exclude diffidence and shame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence 2 . 39 For the rejection of ...
... perhaps has a right , in things admitting of gradation and comparison , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , and totally to exclude diffidence and shame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence 2 . 39 For the rejection of ...
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... perhaps every generation of poets has been teazed : ' Savoy - missing Cowley came into the court , Making apologies for his bad play ; Every one gave him so good a report , That Apollo gave heed to all he could say ; Nor would he have ...
... perhaps every generation of poets has been teazed : ' Savoy - missing Cowley came into the court , Making apologies for his bad play ; Every one gave him so good a report , That Apollo gave heed to all he could say ; Nor would he have ...
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