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... write for what Cowley might have learned from his master Pindar to call " the dream of a shadow . " It is surely not difficult in the solitude of a college , or in the bustle of the world , to find useful studies and serious employment ...
... write for what Cowley might have learned from his master Pindar to call " the dream of a shadow . " It is surely not difficult in the solitude of a college , or in the bustle of the world , to find useful studies and serious employment ...
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... writing poetry they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ... write this in pain , and can say no more : Verbum Sapienti . " He did not long enjoy the pleasure , or suffer the ...
... writing poetry they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ... write this in pain , and can say no more : Verbum Sapienti . " He did not long enjoy the pleasure , or suffer the ...
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... write on their plan it was at least necessary to read and think . No man could be born a metaphysical poet , nor as- sume the dignity of a writer , by descriptions copied from descriptions , by Imitations bor- rowed from imitations , by ...
... write on their plan it was at least necessary to read and think . No man could be born a metaphysical poet , nor as- sume the dignity of a writer , by descriptions copied from descriptions , by Imitations bor- rowed from imitations , by ...
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... write the poesy there , For it wanteth one as yet , Then the sun pass through't twice a year , The sun , which is esteem'd the god of wit . COWLEY . The difficulties which have been raised about Identity in philosophy , are by Cowley ...
... write the poesy there , For it wanteth one as yet , Then the sun pass through't twice a year , The sun , which is esteem'd the god of wit . COWLEY . The difficulties which have been raised about Identity in philosophy , are by Cowley ...
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... writer's knowledge flows in upon his page , so that the reader is commonly surprised into some improvement . But , consi ... write to be admired . ever loved , will much commend them . They are neither courtly nor pathetic , have neither ...
... writer's knowledge flows in upon his page , so that the reader is commonly surprised into some improvement . But , consi ... write to be admired . ever loved , will much commend them . They are neither courtly nor pathetic , have neither ...
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Addison Æneid afterwards appears beauties blank verse called censure character Charles Dryden composition considered Cowley criticism death delight diction diligence Dryden Duke Dunciad Earl elegance endeavoured English English poetry Essay excellence faults favour friends genius Georgics honour Hudibras Iliad images imagination imitation kind King known labour Lady language Latin learning letter lines lived Lord Lord Halifax ment mentioned Milton mind nature never night Night Thoughts nihil numbers observed occasion once opinion panegyric Paradise Lost passage passion performance perhaps Pindar play pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise published Queen racter reader reason received remarks reputation rhyme satire Savage says seems sent sentiments sometimes supposed Swift Syphax Tatler thing thought tion told tragedy translation verses Virgil virtue Waller whigs write written wrote Young