Lives of the English Poets: Cowley-DrydenClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... thoughts of the ancients in their language ; Cowley , without much loss of purity or elegance , accommodates the ... thought proper , fitted his old he was described as a man ' quem Anglicana Respublica habuit vindi- cem , ' and as ...
... thoughts of the ancients in their language ; Cowley , without much loss of purity or elegance , accommodates the ... thought proper , fitted his old he was described as a man ' quem Anglicana Respublica habuit vindi- cem , ' and as ...
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... thought himself now safe enough from intrusion , without the defence of mountains and oceans ; and , instead of seeking shelter in America , wisely went only so far from the bustle of life as that he might easily find his way back ...
... thought himself now safe enough from intrusion , without the defence of mountains and oceans ; and , instead of seeking shelter in America , wisely went only so far from the bustle of life as that he might easily find his way back ...
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... thought a great poet , he is no longer esteemed a good writer ; and for ten impressions which his works have had in so many successive years , yet at present a hundred books are scarcely purchased once a twelve month : for , as my last ...
... thought a great poet , he is no longer esteemed a good writer ; and for ten impressions which his works have had in so many successive years , yet at present a hundred books are scarcely purchased once a twelve month : for , as my last ...
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... thought , but was never before so well expressed " , " they certainly never attained nor ever sought it , for they endeavoured to be singular in their thoughts , and were careless of their diction . But Pope's account of wit is ...
... thought , but was never before so well expressed " , " they certainly never attained nor ever sought it , for they endeavoured to be singular in their thoughts , and were careless of their diction . But Pope's account of wit is ...
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... thoughts are often new , but seldom natural ; they are not obvious , but neither are they just ; and the reader , far from wondering that he missed them , wonders more frequently by ... thought which at once fills the whole mind , 20 COWLEY.
... thoughts are often new , but seldom natural ; they are not obvious , but neither are they just ; and the reader , far from wondering that he missed them , wonders more frequently by ... thought which at once fills the whole mind , 20 COWLEY.
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