LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... expression when the Lives were collected into volumes . The satire was added to Cowley's works by his desire . N. + Barnesii Anacreontem . Dr. J. the lover to solicit reciprocal regard by an elaborate display COWLEY . 3.
... expression when the Lives were collected into volumes . The satire was added to Cowley's works by his desire . N. + Barnesii Anacreontem . Dr. J. the lover to solicit reciprocal regard by an elaborate display COWLEY . 3.
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... expression from a secretary of the present time ,, would be considered as merely ludicrous , or at most as an ostentatious display of scholarship ; but te manners of that time were so tinged with superstition , that I cannot but suspect ...
... expression from a secretary of the present time ,, would be considered as merely ludicrous , or at most as an ostentatious display of scholarship ; but te manners of that time were so tinged with superstition , that I cannot but suspect ...
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... expressions , and to leave curiosity often unsatisfied . What he did not tell , cannot however now be known . I must therefore recommend the perusal of his work , to which my narration can be considered only as a slender supplement ...
... expressions , and to leave curiosity often unsatisfied . What he did not tell , cannot however now be known . I must therefore recommend the perusal of his work , to which my narration can be considered only as a slender supplement ...
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... expression , but useful to those who know their value ; and such as , when they are expanded to perspicuity , and polished to elegance , may give lustre to works which have more propriety though less copiousness of sentiment . This kind ...
... expression , but useful to those who know their value ; and such as , when they are expanded to perspicuity , and polished to elegance , may give lustre to works which have more propriety though less copiousness of sentiment . This kind ...
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... in joy to share . DONNE . Their thoughts and expressions were sometimes grosly abused , and such as ao figures or licence can reconcile to the understanding . A Lover A Lover neither dead nor alive : Then down I 18 COWLEY .
... in joy to share . DONNE . Their thoughts and expressions were sometimes grosly abused , and such as ao figures or licence can reconcile to the understanding . A Lover A Lover neither dead nor alive : Then down I 18 COWLEY .
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acquaintance Addison Æneid afterwards appears beauties blank verse called censure character Charles Dryden composition considered Cowley criticism death delight diction Dryden duke Dunciad Earl elegance endeavoured English English poetry excellence faults favour friends genius honour Hudibras Iliad images imagination imitation kind King known labour Lady language Latin learning letter lines lived Lord lord Halifax mentioned Milton mind nature never night Night Thoughts NIHIL numbers observed occasion once opinion Paradise Lost passion performance perhaps Pindar play pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise present produced published Queen racter reader reason received remarks reputation rhyme satire Savage says seems sentiments shew shewn sometimes soon supposed Swift Syphax Tatler thing thought tion told tragedy translation Tyrannick Love Tyrconnel verses Virgil virtue Waller Whigs write written wrote Young