LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... expected ample preferments ; and , that he might not be forgotten by his own fault , wrote a Song of Triumph . But this was a time of such general hope , that great numbers were inevitably disappointed ; and Cowley found his reward very ...
... expected ample preferments ; and , that he might not be forgotten by his own fault , wrote a Song of Triumph . But this was a time of such general hope , that great numbers were inevitably disappointed ; and Cowley found his reward very ...
Page 8
... expected from so great a man . " What firmness they expected , or what weakness Cowley discovered , cannot be known . He that misses his end will never be as much pleased as he that attains it , even when he can impute no part of his ...
... expected from so great a man . " What firmness they expected , or what weakness Cowley discovered , cannot be known . He that misses his end will never be as much pleased as he that attains it , even when he can impute no part of his ...
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... expected , while others for their money carried away most places , he retir " ed discontented into Surrey . " 66 " He was now , " says the courtly Sprat , " weary of the vexations and for- " malities of an active condition . He had been ...
... expected , while others for their money carried away most places , he retir " ed discontented into Surrey . " 66 " He was now , " says the courtly Sprat , " weary of the vexations and for- " malities of an active condition . He had been ...
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... expected and inevitable grandeur ; but his excellence of this kind is merely fortuitous : ho sinks willingly down to his general carelessness , and avoids with very little care either meanness or asperity . His contractions are often ...
... expected and inevitable grandeur ; but his excellence of this kind is merely fortuitous : ho sinks willingly down to his general carelessness , and avoids with very little care either meanness or asperity . His contractions are often ...
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... expected , yet to him Milton owed his introduction . to Manso marquis of Villa , who had before been the patron of Taffo . Manso was enough delighted with his accomplishments to honour him with a sorry distich , in which he commends him ...
... expected , yet to him Milton owed his introduction . to Manso marquis of Villa , who had before been the patron of Taffo . Manso was enough delighted with his accomplishments to honour him with a sorry distich , in which he commends him ...
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