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... MILTON BUTLER ROCHESTER ROSCOMMON OTWAY WALLER POMFRET DORSET STEPNEY J. PHILIPS CONTENTS . Page 1 CONGREVE 21 BLACKMORE 24 FENTON · 53 GAY • 59 GRANVILLE 61 YALDEN 64 TICKELL 67 HAMMOND · 83 SOMERVILE · ib . SAVAGE 84 SWIFT 85 BROOME ...
... MILTON BUTLER ROCHESTER ROSCOMMON OTWAY WALLER POMFRET DORSET STEPNEY J. PHILIPS CONTENTS . Page 1 CONGREVE 21 BLACKMORE 24 FENTON · 53 GAY • 59 GRANVILLE 61 YALDEN 64 TICKELL 67 HAMMOND · 83 SOMERVILE · ib . SAVAGE 84 SWIFT 85 BROOME ...
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... Milton , and Pope , might be said " to lisp in numbers ; ' and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy minds seem scarcely credible . But of the learned ...
... Milton , and Pope , might be said " to lisp in numbers ; ' and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy minds seem scarcely credible . But of the learned ...
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... Milton bé compared ( for May I hold to be su- perior to both , ) the advantage seems to lie on the side of Cowley . Milton is generally content to express the thoughts of the ancients in their language ; Cowley , without much loss of ...
... Milton bé compared ( for May I hold to be su- perior to both , ) the advantage seems to lie on the side of Cowley . Milton is generally content to express the thoughts of the ancients in their language ; Cowley , without much loss of ...
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... cold with a defluxion of rheum , as made me keep my chamber ten days . And , two after , had such a bruise on my ribs with & * L'Allegro of Milton . - Dr . J B The metaphysical poets were men of learning , and to COWLEY . 5 21 BLACKMORE.
... cold with a defluxion of rheum , as made me keep my chamber ten days . And , two after , had such a bruise on my ribs with & * L'Allegro of Milton . - Dr . J B The metaphysical poets were men of learning , and to COWLEY . 5 21 BLACKMORE.
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... Milton . Denham and Waller sought another way to fame , by improv ing the harmony of our numbers . Milton tried the metaphysic style only in his lines upon Hobson the Carrier . Cowley adopted it , and excelled his predecessors , having ...
... Milton . Denham and Waller sought another way to fame , by improv ing the harmony of our numbers . Milton tried the metaphysic style only in his lines upon Hobson the Carrier . Cowley adopted it , and excelled his predecessors , having ...
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