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THE Life of Cowley , notwithstanding the penury of English biography , has been
written by Dr . Sprat , an author whose pregnancy of imagination and elegance of
language has deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of ...
THE Life of Cowley , notwithstanding the penury of English biography , has been
written by Dr . Sprat , an author whose pregnancy of imagination and elegance of
language has deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of ...
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... since a volume of his poems was not only written but printed in his thirteenth
year * : containing , with other poetical ... of Pyramus and Thisbe ; " written when
he was ten years old ; and Con . ostantia and Philetus , " written two years after .
... since a volume of his poems was not only written but printed in his thirteenth
year * : containing , with other poetical ... of Pyramus and Thisbe ; " written when
he was ten years old ; and Con . ostantia and Philetus , " written two years after .
Page 155
There is a Latin ode written to his patron St . John , in return for a present of wine
and tobacco , which cannot be passed without notice . It is gay and elegant , and
exhibits several artful accommodations of classick expressions to new purposes
...
There is a Latin ode written to his patron St . John , in return for a present of wine
and tobacco , which cannot be passed without notice . It is gay and elegant , and
exhibits several artful accommodations of classick expressions to new purposes
...
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sport of criticism ; and were aţ length , if his own confession may be trusted , the
shame of the writer , Of this play he takes care to let the reader know , that it was
contrived and written in seven weeks . Want of time was often his excuse , or ...
sport of criticism ; and were aţ length , if his own confession may be trusted , the
shame of the writer , Of this play he takes care to let the reader know , that it was
contrived and written in seven weeks . Want of time was often his excuse , or ...
Page 177
As it was written against the Papists , it would naturally at that time have friends
and enemies ; and partly by the popularity which it obtained at first , and partly by
the real power both of the serious and risible pait , it continued long a favourite of
...
As it was written against the Papists , it would naturally at that time have friends
and enemies ; and partly by the popularity which it obtained at first , and partly by
the real power both of the serious and risible pait , it continued long a favourite of
...
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| Title | Lives Volume 1 of The Works of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | A. Miller, 1800 |
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