LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... 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 . He that misses his end will never be as much pleased as he ...
... 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 . He that misses his end will never be as much pleased as he ...
Page 11
... successful in representing or moving the affections . As they were wholly employed on something unexpected and surprising , they had no regard to that uniformity of sentiment which enables us to conceive and to excite the pains and the ...
... successful in representing or moving the affections . As they were wholly employed on something unexpected and surprising , they had no regard to that uniformity of sentiment which enables us to conceive and to excite the pains and the ...
Page 42
... success of this negociation gives sufficient evidence . About this time , what estate the war and the gamesters had left him was sold , by order of the parliament ; and when , in 1652 , he returned to England , he was entertained by the ...
... success of this negociation gives sufficient evidence . About this time , what estate the war and the gamesters had left him was sold , by order of the parliament ; and when , in 1652 , he returned to England , he was entertained by the ...
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... success . His versions of Virgil are not pleasing ; but they taught Dryden to please better . His poetical imitation of Tully on " Old Age " has neither the clearness of prose nor the spritghtliness of poetry . The " strength of Denham ...
... success . His versions of Virgil are not pleasing ; but they taught Dryden to please better . His poetical imitation of Tully on " Old Age " has neither the clearness of prose nor the spritghtliness of poetry . The " strength of Denham ...
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... success . It could be alledged that letters miscarry ; he therefore dis- patched a messenger , being by this time too angry to go himself . His messenger was sent back with some contempt . The family of the Lady were Cavaliers . In a ...
... success . It could be alledged that letters miscarry ; he therefore dis- patched a messenger , being by this time too angry to go himself . His messenger was sent back with some contempt . The family of the Lady were Cavaliers . In a ...
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