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... produced from the same university , the two great Poets , Cowley and Milton , of dissimilar genius , of opposite principles ; but concurring in the cultivation of Latin poetry , in which the English , till their works and May's poem ...
... produced from the same university , the two great Poets , Cowley and Milton , of dissimilar genius , of opposite principles ; but concurring in the cultivation of Latin poetry , in which the English , till their works and May's poem ...
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... produced the Biter ; with which , though it was unfavourably treated by the audience , he was himself delighted ; for he is said to have sat in the house , laughing with great vehemence , whenever he had in his own opinion produced a ...
... produced the Biter ; with which , though it was unfavourably treated by the audience , he was himself delighted ; for he is said to have sat in the house , laughing with great vehemence , whenever he had in his own opinion produced a ...
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... produced it . Not long afterwards an attempt was made to revive the Spectator , at a time indeed by no means favourable to literature , when the succession of a new family to the throne filled the nation with anxiety , discord , and ...
... produced it . Not long afterwards an attempt was made to revive the Spectator , at a time indeed by no means favourable to literature , when the succession of a new family to the throne filled the nation with anxiety , discord , and ...
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