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... observed : the few decisions and remarks which his prefaces and his notes on the Davideis supply , were at that time accessions to English literature , and shew such skill as raises our wish for more examples . The lines from Jersey are ...
... observed : the few decisions and remarks which his prefaces and his notes on the Davideis supply , were at that time accessions to English literature , and shew such skill as raises our wish for more examples . The lines from Jersey are ...
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... observed in divers other places of this poem , that else will pass " for very carelefs - verses : as before , And over - runs the neighb'ring fields with violent course . " In " In the second book ; " —And , Down 38 COWLEY .
... observed in divers other places of this poem , that else will pass " for very carelefs - verses : as before , And over - runs the neighb'ring fields with violent course . " In " In the second book ; " —And , Down 38 COWLEY .
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... observed it , for aught I can find . The Latins ( qui musas colunt " severiores ) sometimes did it ; and their prince , Virgil , always : in whom the " examples are innumerable , and taken notice of by all judicious men , so that " it ...
... observed it , for aught I can find . The Latins ( qui musas colunt " severiores ) sometimes did it ; and their prince , Virgil , always : in whom the " examples are innumerable , and taken notice of by all judicious men , so that " it ...
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... observed by Felton , in his Essay on the Classicks , that Cowley was beloved by every Muse that he courted ; and that he has rivalled the Ancients in every kind of poetry but tragedy . It may be affirmed , without any encomiastic ...
... observed by Felton , in his Essay on the Classicks , that Cowley was beloved by every Muse that he courted ; and that he has rivalled the Ancients in every kind of poetry but tragedy . It may be affirmed , without any encomiastic ...
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... observed that he became an enemy to the Presbyterians , whom he had favoured before . He that changes his party by his humour , is not more virtuous than he that changes it by his interest ; he loves himself rather than truth . His wife ...
... observed that he became an enemy to the Presbyterians , whom he had favoured before . He that changes his party by his humour , is not more virtuous than he that changes it by his interest ; he loves himself rather than truth . His wife ...
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