LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... appears to have considered as injurious to his reputation ; though , during the suppression of the theatres , it was sometimes privately acted with sufficient approbation . In 1643 , being now master of arts , he was , by the prevalence ...
... appears to have considered as injurious to his reputation ; though , during the suppression of the theatres , it was sometimes privately acted with sufficient approbation . In 1643 , being now master of arts , he was , by the prevalence ...
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... appear , Though every night the sun himself set there . The poetical effect of a lover's name upon glass : My name ... appears . He sees thee gentle , fair and gay , And trusts the faithless April of thy May . COWLEY . DONNE . COWLEY ...
... appear , Though every night the sun himself set there . The poetical effect of a lover's name upon glass : My name ... appears . He sees thee gentle , fair and gay , And trusts the faithless April of thy May . COWLEY . DONNE . COWLEY ...
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... appears in his agility , his volatility is not the flutter of a light , but the bound of an elastic mind . His levity never leaves his learning behind it ; the moralist , the politician , and the critick , mingle their influence even in ...
... appears in his agility , his volatility is not the flutter of a light , but the bound of an elastic mind . His levity never leaves his learning behind it ; the moralist , the politician , and the critick , mingle their influence even in ...
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... appears in books , nor emerges in conversation . By the Spectátor it has been once quoted ; by Rymer it has once been praised ; and by Dryden , in " Mac Flecknoe , " it has once been imitated ; nor do I recollect much other notice from ...
... appears in books , nor emerges in conversation . By the Spectátor it has been once quoted ; by Rymer it has once been praised ; and by Dryden , in " Mac Flecknoe , " it has once been imitated ; nor do I recollect much other notice from ...
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... appears to have been his purpose ; and from Donne he may have learned that familiarity with religious images , and that light allusion to sacred things , by which readers far short of sanctity are fre- quently offended ; and which would ...
... appears to have been his purpose ; and from Donne he may have learned that familiarity with religious images , and that light allusion to sacred things , by which readers far short of sanctity are fre- quently offended ; and which would ...
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