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... wrote , " which was never inserted in any collection of his works ; " but he altered the expression when the Lives were collected into volumes . The satire was added to Cowley's Works by the particular di- rection of Dr. Johnson . - N ...
... wrote , " which was never inserted in any collection of his works ; " but he altered the expression when the Lives were collected into volumes . The satire was added to Cowley's Works by the particular di- rection of Dr. Johnson . - N ...
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... wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so imperfect that they were only found to be verses by counting the syllables . fall , that I am yet unable to ...
... wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so imperfect that they were only found to be verses by counting the syllables . fall , that I am yet unable to ...
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... wrote rather as beholders than partakers of human nature ; as beings looking upon good and evil , impassive and at leisure ; as Epicurean deities , making remarks on the actions of men , and the vicissitudes of life , without interest ...
... wrote rather as beholders than partakers of human nature ; as beings looking upon good and evil , impassive and at leisure ; as Epicurean deities , making remarks on the actions of men , and the vicissitudes of life , without interest ...
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... WROTE POESIES FOR RIN They , who above do various circles find , Say , like a ring , th ' equator heaven does bind When heaven shall be adorn'd by thee , ( Which then more heav'n than ' tis will be ' Tis thou must write the poesy there ...
... WROTE POESIES FOR RIN They , who above do various circles find , Say , like a ring , th ' equator heaven does bind When heaven shall be adorn'd by thee , ( Which then more heav'n than ' tis will be ' Tis thou must write the poesy there ...
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... wrote with abundant fer- tility , but negligent or unskilful selection ; with In his elegy on Sir Henry Wotton , the last lines have such resemblance to the noble epigram of Grotius on the death of Scaliger , that I can- not but think ...
... wrote with abundant fer- tility , but negligent or unskilful selection ; with In his elegy on Sir Henry Wotton , the last lines have such resemblance to the noble epigram of Grotius on the death of Scaliger , that I can- not but think ...
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