LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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Page 8
... favour had been shewn him , " he received the news of his ill success , not with so much firmness as might " have been expected from so great a man . " What firmness they expected , or what weakness Cowley discovered , cannot be known ...
... favour had been shewn him , " he received the news of his ill success , not with so much firmness as might " have been expected from so great a man . " What firmness they expected , or what weakness Cowley discovered , cannot be known ...
Page 19
... favour is diffus'd all , COWLEY . From which all fortunes , names , and natures fall ; Then from those wombs of stars , the Bride's bright eyes , At every glance a constellation flies And sowes the court with stars , and doth prevent In ...
... favour is diffus'd all , COWLEY . From which all fortunes , names , and natures fall ; Then from those wombs of stars , the Bride's bright eyes , At every glance a constellation flies And sowes the court with stars , and doth prevent In ...
Page 42
... favour of his master and esteem of the public would now make him happy . But human felicity is short and uncertain ; a second marriage brought upon him so much disquiet , as for a time disordered his understanding ; and Butler lampooned ...
... favour of his master and esteem of the public would now make him happy . But human felicity is short and uncertain ; a second marriage brought upon him so much disquiet , as for a time disordered his understanding ; and Butler lampooned ...
Page 51
... favour of Lord Scudamore , he had the opportunity of vifiting Grotius , then residing at the French court as ambassador from Christina of Sweden . From Paris he hasted into Italy , of which he had with particular diligence studied the ...
... favour of Lord Scudamore , he had the opportunity of vifiting Grotius , then residing at the French court as ambassador from Christina of Sweden . From Paris he hasted into Italy , of which he had with particular diligence studied the ...
Page 52
... favour . Of these Italian testimonics , poor as they are , he was proud enough to pub- lish them before his poems ; though he says , he cannot be suspected but to have known that they were said non tam de se , quam supra se . At Rome ...
... favour . Of these Italian testimonics , poor as they are , he was proud enough to pub- lish them before his poems ; though he says , he cannot be suspected but to have known that they were said non tam de se , quam supra se . At Rome ...
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