Lives of the English Poets: Cowley-DrydenClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... called upon to edit his History of Penny Postage , and to write his Life . In 1880 also , General Gordon's brother , Sir Henry Gordon , entrusted him with the duty of editing the letters which General Gordon had written to his sister ...
... called upon to edit his History of Penny Postage , and to write his Life . In 1880 also , General Gordon's brother , Sir Henry Gordon , entrusted him with the duty of editing the letters which General Gordon had written to his sister ...
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... called Genius . The true Genius is a mind of large general powers , accidentally determined to some particular direction 5. Sir Joshua Reynolds , the great Painter of the present age , had the first fondness for his art excited by the ...
... called Genius . The true Genius is a mind of large general powers , accidentally determined to some particular direction 5. Sir Joshua Reynolds , the great Painter of the present age , had the first fondness for his art excited by the ...
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... called Love's Riddle , though it was not published till he had been some time at Cambridge . This comedy is of the pastoral kind , which requires no acquaintance with the living world , and therefore the time at which it was composed ...
... called Love's Riddle , though it was not published till he had been some time at Cambridge . This comedy is of the pastoral kind , which requires no acquaintance with the living world , and therefore the time at which it was composed ...
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... called The Puritan and Papist , which was only inserted in the last collection of his works ; and so dis- tinguished himself by the warmth of his loyalty , and the elegance of his conversation , that he gained the kindness and ...
... called The Puritan and Papist , which was only inserted in the last collection of his works ; and so dis- tinguished himself by the warmth of his loyalty , and the elegance of his conversation , that he gained the kindness and ...
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... called Protector . ' Eng . Poets , viii . 325 , 7. In the same Discourse there are three other poems on Cromwell . Ib . pp . 338 , 372 , 375 . Milton's ' Cromwell , our chief of men , ' was bespattered by Cowley with such abuse as the ...
... called Protector . ' Eng . Poets , viii . 325 , 7. In the same Discourse there are three other poems on Cromwell . Ib . pp . 338 , 372 , 375 . Milton's ' Cromwell , our chief of men , ' was bespattered by Cowley with such abuse as the ...
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