LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... 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 of the parlia ...
... 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 of the parlia ...
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... considered as Wit , which is at once natural and new , that which , though not obvious , is , upon its first production acknowledged to be just ; if it be that , which he that never found it wonders how he missed ; to wit of this kind ...
... considered as Wit , which is at once natural and new , that which , though not obvious , is , upon its first production acknowledged to be just ; if it be that , which he that never found it wonders how he missed ; to wit of this kind ...
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... subject for his task , we some- times esteem as learned , and sometimes despise as trifling , always admire as ingenious , and always condemn as unnatural . The J The Pindarique Odes are now to be considered ; 26 COWLEY .
... subject for his task , we some- times esteem as learned , and sometimes despise as trifling , always admire as ingenious , and always condemn as unnatural . The J The Pindarique Odes are now to be considered ; 26 COWLEY .
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Samuel Johnson. J The Pindarique Odes are now to be considered ; a species of composition , which Cowley thinks Pancirolus might have counted in his list of the lost inven- tions of antiquity , and which he has made a bold and vigorous ...
Samuel Johnson. J The Pindarique Odes are now to be considered ; a species of composition , which Cowley thinks Pancirolus might have counted in his list of the lost inven- tions of antiquity , and which he has made a bold and vigorous ...
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... " Sheldonianum in solennibus magnifici Operis Encœniis . Recitatum Julii die 9 , Anno 1669 , " a Corbetto Owen , A. B. Æd . Chr . Alumno Authore . " E. The The Davideis now remains to be considered ; a poem 30 COWL E Y.
... " Sheldonianum in solennibus magnifici Operis Encœniis . Recitatum Julii die 9 , Anno 1669 , " a Corbetto Owen , A. B. Æd . Chr . Alumno Authore . " E. The The Davideis now remains to be considered ; a poem 30 COWL E Y.
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