LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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Page 2
... attention to the ancient models ; for it is This Volume was not published before 1633 , when Cowley was fifteen years old . Dr. Tohnson , as well as former Biographers , seems to have been misled by the portrait of Cowley . being by mi ...
... attention to the ancient models ; for it is This Volume was not published before 1633 , when Cowley was fifteen years old . Dr. Tohnson , as well as former Biographers , seems to have been misled by the portrait of Cowley . being by mi ...
Page 8
... attention and exciting merri- ment . From the charge of disaffection he exculpates himself in his preface , by observing how unlikely it is that , having followed the royal family through all their distresses " he should choose the time ...
... attention and exciting merri- ment . From the charge of disaffection he exculpates himself in his preface , by observing how unlikely it is that , having followed the royal family through all their distresses " he should choose the time ...
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... attention be often interested in any thing that befalls them . To the subject thus originally indisposed to the reception of poetical em- ́bellishments , the writer brought little that could reconcile impatience , or attract curiosity ...
... attention be often interested in any thing that befalls them . To the subject thus originally indisposed to the reception of poetical em- ́bellishments , the writer brought little that could reconcile impatience , or attract curiosity ...
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... attention : He took for skin a cloud most soft and bright , Than e'er the midday sun pierc'd through with light , Upon his cheeks a lively blush he spread , Wash'd from the morning beauties deepest red , An harmless flattering meteor ...
... attention : He took for skin a cloud most soft and bright , Than e'er the midday sun pierc'd through with light , Upon his cheeks a lively blush he spread , Wash'd from the morning beauties deepest red , An harmless flattering meteor ...
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... Attention has no relief , the affections are never moved ; we are sometimes surprised , but never delighted , and find much to admire , but little to approve . Still however it is the work of Cowley , of a mind capacious by nature , and ...
... Attention has no relief , the affections are never moved ; we are sometimes surprised , but never delighted , and find much to admire , but little to approve . Still however it is the work of Cowley , of a mind capacious by nature , and ...
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