Lives of the English Poets: Cowley-DrydenClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... prose . It was printed with a dedication in verse to Dr. Comber , master of the college , but having neither the facility of a popular nor the accuracy of a learned work , it seems to be now universally neglected . the ode written at ...
... prose . It was printed with a dedication in verse to Dr. Comber , master of the college , but having neither the facility of a popular nor the accuracy of a learned work , it seems to be now universally neglected . the ode written at ...
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... published . Malone's Dryden , iii . 611. Hurd's Select Works in Verse and Prose of Cowley , published in 1772 in two small octavo volumes , reached a third edition in five years . appeared a race of writers that may be termed the 18 COWLEY.
... published . Malone's Dryden , iii . 611. Hurd's Select Works in Verse and Prose of Cowley , published in 1772 in two small octavo volumes , reached a third edition in five years . appeared a race of writers that may be termed the 18 COWLEY.
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... prose : ' But in this thankless world the giver [ givers ] Is [ Are ] envied even by the receiver [ receivers ] ; ' Tis now the cheap and frugal fashion Rather to hide than own ( pay ] the obligation : Nay , ' tis much worse than so ...
... prose : ' But in this thankless world the giver [ givers ] Is [ Are ] envied even by the receiver [ receivers ] ; ' Tis now the cheap and frugal fashion Rather to hide than own ( pay ] the obligation : Nay , ' tis much worse than so ...
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... prose to our ears . ' Ib . viii . 110 . See also ib . vii . 18 ; viii . 130 . ' Mr. Cowley has brought it as near perfection as was possible in so short a time . But , if I may be allowed to speak my mind modestly , and without injury ...
... prose to our ears . ' Ib . viii . 110 . See also ib . vii . 18 ; viii . 130 . ' Mr. Cowley has brought it as near perfection as was possible in so short a time . But , if I may be allowed to speak my mind modestly , and without injury ...
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... prose 2. ' 143 This lax and lawless versification so much concealed the deficiencies of the barren and flattered the laziness of the idle , that it immediately overspread our books of poetry ; all the boys and girls caught the pleasing ...
... prose 2. ' 143 This lax and lawless versification so much concealed the deficiencies of the barren and flattered the laziness of the idle , that it immediately overspread our books of poetry ; all the boys and girls caught the pleasing ...
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