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Page viii
... stanza of which ends : - ' He rais'd a mortal to the skies ; She drew an angel down . ' vol . iii , p . 237 n . 2 , for 1523 read 1723 . vol . iii , p . 337 n . 2 , for The Poetical Character read The Poetical Calendar . vol . iii , p ...
... stanza of which ends : - ' He rais'd a mortal to the skies ; She drew an angel down . ' vol . iii , p . 237 n . 2 , for 1523 read 1723 . vol . iii , p . 337 n . 2 , for The Poetical Character read The Poetical Calendar . vol . iii , p ...
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... have already past through several editions . ' Ib . vii . 15. They were published in 1633 , when he was fifteen . He quotes ( ib . ix . 121 ) three stanzas of The tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe , written when B2 COWLEY 3.
... have already past through several editions . ' Ib . vii . 15. They were published in 1633 , when he was fifteen . He quotes ( ib . ix . 121 ) three stanzas of The tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe , written when B2 COWLEY 3.
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... stanzas , written about that time , on the choice of a laureat ; a mode of satire by which , since it was first introduced by Suckling , perhaps every generation of poets has been teazed : ' Savoy - missing Cowley came into the court ...
... stanzas , written about that time , on the choice of a laureat ; a mode of satire by which , since it was first introduced by Suckling , perhaps every generation of poets has been teazed : ' Savoy - missing Cowley came into the court ...
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... stanzas of this poem , praising its wonderful ingenuity . ' Life of Tenny- son , ii . 503 . I [ My friend Mr. John Marshall of Lewes informs me that the reference is to the elder Scaliger , who is writing of Horace's Odes . The passage ...
... stanzas of this poem , praising its wonderful ingenuity . ' Life of Tenny- son , ii . 503 . I [ My friend Mr. John Marshall of Lewes informs me that the reference is to the elder Scaliger , who is writing of Horace's Odes . The passage ...
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... stanzas against knowledge produce little conviction . In those which are in- tended to exalt the human faculties , Reason has its proper task assigned it : that of judging , not of things revealed , but of the reality of revelation . In ...
... stanzas against knowledge produce little conviction . In those which are in- tended to exalt the human faculties , Reason has its proper task assigned it : that of judging , not of things revealed , but of the reality of revelation . In ...
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