Lives of the English Poets: Cowley-DrydenClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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Page xvii
... kind of hope . A second serious illness closely followed , com- pelling him to spend three winters on the shores of the Mediterranean . ' During two of them my malady and my distress , ' he writes , ' allowed of no rival , and my work ...
... kind of hope . A second serious illness closely followed , com- pelling him to spend three winters on the shores of the Mediterranean . ' During two of them my malady and my distress , ' he writes , ' allowed of no rival , and my work ...
Page xxvi
... kind of History the succession of facts is not easily discovered , and I am not without suspicion that some of Dryden's works are placed in wrong years 3. I have followed Langbaine , as the best authority for his plays ; and if I shall ...
... kind of History the succession of facts is not easily discovered , and I am not without suspicion that some of Dryden's works are placed in wrong years 3. I have followed Langbaine , as the best authority for his plays ; and if I shall ...
Page xxvi
... kind of History the succession of facts is not easily discovered , and I am not without suspicion that some of Dryden's works are placed in wrong years . I have followed Langbaine , as the best authority for his plays ; and if I shall ...
... kind of History the succession of facts is not easily discovered , and I am not without suspicion that some of Dryden's works are placed in wrong years . I have followed Langbaine , as the best authority for his plays ; and if I shall ...
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... kind of universal genius which inclines those that live in it to some particular studies . ' DRYDEN , ib . xv . 293 . ' I am persuaded , ' wrote Cowper ( Works , vi . 94 ) , ' that Milton did not write his Paradise Lost , nor Homer his ...
... kind of universal genius which inclines those that live in it to some particular studies . ' DRYDEN , ib . xv . 293 . ' I am persuaded , ' wrote Cowper ( Works , vi . 94 ) , ' that Milton did not write his Paradise Lost , nor Homer his ...
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... kind , which requires no acquaintance with the living world , and therefore the time at which it was composed adds little to the wonders of Cowley's minority . 8 In 1636 , he was removed to Cambridge , where he continued his studies ...
... kind , which requires no acquaintance with the living world , and therefore the time at which it was composed adds little to the wonders of Cowley's minority . 8 In 1636 , he was removed to Cambridge , where he continued his studies ...
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