LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... numbers ; " and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy minds seems scarcely credible . But of the learned puerilities of Cowley there is no doubt , since a ...
... numbers ; " and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy minds seems scarcely credible . But of the learned puerilities of Cowley there is no doubt , since a ...
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... numbers in th ' unequal field , His men discourag'd , and himself expell'd : Let him for succour sue from place to place , Torn from his subjects and his son's embrace . First let him see his friends in battle slain , And their untimely ...
... numbers in th ' unequal field , His men discourag'd , and himself expell'd : Let him for succour sue from place to place , Torn from his subjects and his son's embrace . First let him see his friends in battle slain , And their untimely ...
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... numbers were inevitably disappointed ; and Cowley found his reward very tediously delayed . He had been promised by both Charles the first and second the Mastership of the Savoy ; " but he lost it , " says Wood , " by certain persons ...
... numbers were inevitably disappointed ; and Cowley found his reward very tediously delayed . He had been promised by both Charles the first and second the Mastership of the Savoy ; " but he lost it , " says Wood , " by certain persons ...
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... numbers . Milton tried the metaphysick style only in his lines upon Hobson the Carrier . Cowley adopted it , and excelled his prede- cessors , having as much sentiment and more musick . Suckling neither im- proved versification , nor ...
... numbers . Milton tried the metaphysick style only in his lines upon Hobson the Carrier . Cowley adopted it , and excelled his prede- cessors , having as much sentiment and more musick . Suckling neither im- proved versification , nor ...
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... numbers , and to have supplied smoothness of transition and continuity of thought . It is urged by Dr. Sprat , that the irregularity of numbers is the very thing which makes that kind of poesy fit for all manner of subjects . But he ...
... numbers , and to have supplied smoothness of transition and continuity of thought . It is urged by Dr. Sprat , that the irregularity of numbers is the very thing which makes that kind of poesy fit for all manner of subjects . But he ...
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