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Page 14
... mentioned in a single word , and Cow- ley spends three lines in swearing by the Cas- talian stream . We are told of ... mention of particulars is turned more upon the original than the secon- dary sense , more upon that from which the il ...
... mentioned in a single word , and Cow- ley spends three lines in swearing by the Cas- talian stream . We are told of ... mention of particulars is turned more upon the original than the secon- dary sense , more upon that from which the il ...
Page 27
... mention of a name as a security against the waste of time , and a certain preservative from oblivion . At Florence he could not , indeed , complain that his merit wanted distinction . Carlo Dati presented him with an encomiastic ...
... mention of a name as a security against the waste of time , and a certain preservative from oblivion . At Florence he could not , indeed , complain that his merit wanted distinction . Carlo Dati presented him with an encomiastic ...
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... mention of Usher , that he had now adopted the puritanical savageness of man- ners . His next work was , " The Reason of Church Government urged against Prelacy , by Mr. John Milton , 1642. " In this book he dis- covers , not with ...
... mention of Usher , that he had now adopted the puritanical savageness of man- ners . His next work was , " The Reason of Church Government urged against Prelacy , by Mr. John Milton , 1642. " In this book he dis- covers , not with ...
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... mentioned , as if it were an injury to 1 neglect naming any place that he honoured by appearing. Adam unparadised : The angel Gabriel , either descending or enter- ing ; showing , since this globe was created , his fre- quency as much on ...
... mentioned , as if it were an injury to 1 neglect naming any place that he honoured by appearing. Adam unparadised : The angel Gabriel , either descending or enter- ing ; showing , since this globe was created , his fre- quency as much on ...
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... mentioned as evidences of neglected merit , and of the uncertainty of literary fame ; and inquiries have been made , and conjectures offered , about the causes of its long obscurity and late reception . But has the case been truly ...
... mentioned as evidences of neglected merit , and of the uncertainty of literary fame ; and inquiries have been made , and conjectures offered , about the causes of its long obscurity and late reception . But has the case been truly ...
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