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... MILTON 1 CONGREVE 187 21 BLACKMORE 192 • BUTLER • 24 FENTON 199 · · 53 GAY · • 202 OTWAY ROCHESTER ROSCOMMON WALLER POMFRET DORSET STEPNEY J. PHILIPS " 59 GRANVILLE 205 61 · YALDEN 208 • 61 TICKELL • 210 · · • 67 HAMMOND · 212 · · 83 ...
... MILTON 1 CONGREVE 187 21 BLACKMORE 192 • BUTLER • 24 FENTON 199 · · 53 GAY · • 202 OTWAY ROCHESTER ROSCOMMON WALLER POMFRET DORSET STEPNEY J. PHILIPS " 59 GRANVILLE 205 61 · YALDEN 208 • 61 TICKELL • 210 · · • 67 HAMMOND · 212 · · 83 ...
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... Milton , and Pope , might be said " to lisp in numbers ; " and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy minds seem scarcely credible . But of the learned ...
... Milton , and Pope , might be said " to lisp in numbers ; " and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy minds seem scarcely credible . But of the learned ...
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... Milton be compared ( for May I hold to be su- perior to both , ) the advantage seems to lie on the side of Cowley . Milton is generally content to express the thoughts of the ancients in their language ; Cowley , without much loss of ...
... Milton be compared ( for May I hold to be su- perior to both , ) the advantage seems to lie on the side of Cowley . Milton is generally content to express the thoughts of the ancients in their language ; Cowley , without much loss of ...
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... , had such a bruise on my ribs with a C GUIT6707898 gut llt biste bas quit ... padasygoid zid ayço . murutralt " L'Allegro of Milton . - Dr . J proper to give some account . The metaphysical poets were COWLEY . 21 BLACKMORE 192.
... , had such a bruise on my ribs with a C GUIT6707898 gut llt biste bas quit ... padasygoid zid ayço . murutralt " L'Allegro of Milton . - Dr . J proper to give some account . The metaphysical poets were COWLEY . 21 BLACKMORE 192.
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... Milton . Denham and Waller sought another way to fame , by improv- ing the harmony of our numbers . Milton tried the metaphysic style only in his lines upon Hobson the Carrier , Cowley adopted it , and excelled his predecessors , having ...
... Milton . Denham and Waller sought another way to fame , by improv- ing the harmony of our numbers . Milton tried the metaphysic style only in his lines upon Hobson the Carrier , Cowley adopted it , and excelled his predecessors , having ...
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Addison Æneid afterwards appears beauties blank verse called censure character Charles Dryden composition considered Cowley criticism death delight diction diligence Dorset Dryden Duke Dunciad Earl elegance endeavoured English English poetry Essay excellence faults favour friends genius Georgics honour Hudibras Iliad images imagination imitation kind King known labour Lady language Latin learning letter lines lived Lord Lord Halifax ment mentioned Milton mind nature never night Night Thoughts nihil numbers observed occasion once opinion panegyric Paradise Lost passage passion performance perhaps Pindar play pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise published Queen racter reader reason received remarks reputation rhyme satire Savage says seems sent sentiments sometimes supposed Swift Syphax Tatler thing thought tion told tragedy translation verses Virgil virtue Waller whigs write written wrote Young