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These little pieces will be found more finished in their kind than any other of Cowley's works . The diction shews nothing of the mould of time , and the sentiments are at no great distance from our present habitudes of thought .
These little pieces will be found more finished in their kind than any other of Cowley's works . The diction shews nothing of the mould of time , and the sentiments are at no great distance from our present habitudes of thought .
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He was a very pleasant discourser , in earnest and in jest , and therefore very grateful to all kind of company , where he was not the less esteemed for being very rich . ' He had been even nursed in parliaments , where he sat when he ...
He was a very pleasant discourser , in earnest and in jest , and therefore very grateful to all kind of company , where he was not the less esteemed for being very rich . ' He had been even nursed in parliaments , where he sat when he ...
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Ye fawns the present numens of the field , Wood nymphs and fawns , your kind assistance yield , Your gifts I sing ! and thou , at whose fear'd stroke From rending earth the fiery courser broke , Great Neptune , O assist my artful song !
Ye fawns the present numens of the field , Wood nymphs and fawns , your kind assistance yield , Your gifts I sing ! and thou , at whose fear'd stroke From rending earth the fiery courser broke , Great Neptune , O assist my artful song !
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets: With an Introduction by Arthur Waugh, Volume 1 Volumes 770-771 of Everyman's Library Lives of the English Poets: With an Introduction by Arthur Waugh, Samuel Johnson Volume 84 of Worlds classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Frowde, 191? |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 15 Feb 2019 |
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