LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... continued his studies with great intenseness ; for he is said to have written , while he was yet a young student , the greater part of his " Davideis ; " a work of which the materials could not have been collected without the study of ...
... continued his studies with great intenseness ; for he is said to have written , while he was yet a young student , the greater part of his " Davideis ; " a work of which the materials could not have been collected without the study of ...
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... at that diffolution of government which followed the death of Oliver , he returned into France , where he resamed his former station , and staid till the Restoration . " He " He continued , " says his biographer , " 6 COWLEY .
... at that diffolution of government which followed the death of Oliver , he returned into France , where he resamed his former station , and staid till the Restoration . " He " He continued , " says his biographer , " 6 COWLEY .
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Samuel Johnson. " He continued , " says his biographer , " under these bonds till the general deliverance ; " it is therefore to be supposed , that he did not go to France , and . act again for the King without the consent of his ...
Samuel Johnson. " He continued , " says his biographer , " under these bonds till the general deliverance ; " it is therefore to be supposed , that he did not go to France , and . act again for the King without the consent of his ...
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... continued by tradition , because they supply commodious allusions . It gave a piteous groan , and so it broke ; In vain it something would have spoke : The love too strong for ' t was , Like poison put into a Venice - glass . COWLEY ...
... continued by tradition , because they supply commodious allusions . It gave a piteous groan , and so it broke ; In vain it something would have spoke : The love too strong for ' t was , Like poison put into a Venice - glass . COWLEY ...
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... himself in a digression , always conceived with his natural exuberance , and commonly , even where it is not long , continued till it is tedious : VOL . 1 . F I ' th ' I ' th ' library a few choice authors stood COWL E Y. 35.
... himself in a digression , always conceived with his natural exuberance , and commonly , even where it is not long , continued till it is tedious : VOL . 1 . F I ' th ' I ' th ' library a few choice authors stood COWL E Y. 35.
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