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... considered as injurious to his reputation ; though during the suppression of the theatres , it was some times privately acted with sufficient approba- tion . In 1643 , being now master of arts , he was , by the prevalence of the ...
... considered as injurious to his reputation ; though during the suppression of the theatres , it was some times privately acted with sufficient approba- tion . In 1643 , being now master of arts , he was , by the prevalence of the ...
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... considered as a satire on the royalists . That he might shorten this tedious suspense , he published his pretensions and his discontent , in an ode called " The Complaint ; " in which he styles himself the melancholy Cowley . This met ...
... considered as a satire on the royalists . That he might shorten this tedious suspense , he published his pretensions and his discontent , in an ode called " The Complaint ; " in which he styles himself the melancholy Cowley . This met ...
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... considered only as a slender supplement . Cowley , like other poets who have written with narrow views , and , instead of tracing in- tellectual pleasures in the minds of men , paid their court to temporary prejudices , has been at one ...
... considered only as a slender supplement . Cowley , like other poets who have written with narrow views , and , instead of tracing in- tellectual pleasures in the minds of men , paid their court to temporary prejudices , has been at one ...
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... considered as of un- rivalled excellence . Clarendon represents him as having taken a flight beyond all that went before him ; and Milton is said to ' have declared , that the three greatest English poets were Spen- ser , Shakspeare ...
... considered as of un- rivalled excellence . Clarendon represents him as having taken a flight beyond all that went before him ; and Milton is said to ' have declared , that the three greatest English poets were Spen- ser , Shakspeare ...
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... considered , that words being arbitrary must owe their power to association , and have the influence , and that only , which custom has given them . Language is the dress of thought : and as the noblest mien , or most graceful action ...
... considered , that words being arbitrary must owe their power to association , and have the influence , and that only , which custom has given them . Language is the dress of thought : and as the noblest mien , or most graceful action ...
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