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... given the character , not the life , of Cowley ; for he writes with so little detail , that scarcely any thing is distinctly known , but all is shown con- fused and enlarged through the mist of pane- gyric . | great painter of the ...
... given the character , not the life , of Cowley ; for he writes with so little detail , that scarcely any thing is distinctly known , but all is shown con- fused and enlarged through the mist of pane- gyric . | great painter of the ...
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... given some credit to the answer of his oracle . • Consulting , the Virgilian Lots , Sortes Virgilia- næ , is a method of divination by the opening of Vir- gil , and applying to the circumstances of the peru- ser the first passage in ...
... given some credit to the answer of his oracle . • Consulting , the Virgilian Lots , Sortes Virgilia- næ , is a method of divination by the opening of Vir- gil , and applying to the circumstances of the peru- ser the first passage in ...
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... given by Dr. Birch , he appears busy among the experimental philosophers with the title of Dr. Cowley . There is no reason for supposing that he ever attempted practice ; but his preparatory studies have contributed something to the ...
... given by Dr. Birch , he appears busy among the experimental philosophers with the title of Dr. Cowley . There is no reason for supposing that he ever attempted practice ; but his preparatory studies have contributed something to the ...
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... given rather a pleasing , than a faithful , repre- sentation , having retained their sprightliness , but lost their simplicity . The Anacreon of Cowley , like the Homer of Pope , has admitted the decoration of some modern graces , by ...
... given rather a pleasing , than a faithful , repre- sentation , having retained their sprightliness , but lost their simplicity . The Anacreon of Cowley , like the Homer of Pope , has admitted the decoration of some modern graces , by ...
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... given not the same numbers , but the same diction , to the gentle Anacreon and the tempestuous Pindar . His versification seems to have had very little of his care ; and if what he thinks be true , that Milton of Satan : His spear , to ...
... given not the same numbers , but the same diction , to the gentle Anacreon and the tempestuous Pindar . His versification seems to have had very little of his care ; and if what he thinks be true , that Milton of Satan : His spear , to ...
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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