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Page 6
... kind the metaphysical poets have seldom risen . Their thoughts are often new , but seldom natural ; they are not obvious , but neither are they just ; and the reader , far from wondering that he missed them , wonders more frequently by ...
... kind the metaphysical poets have seldom risen . Their thoughts are often new , but seldom natural ; they are not obvious , but neither are they just ; and the reader , far from wondering that he missed them , wonders more frequently by ...
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... kind of writing , which was , I believe , borrowed from Marino and his followers , had been recommended by the example of Donne , a man of very extensive and various knowledge ; and by Jonson , whose manner resembled that of Donne more ...
... kind of writing , which was , I believe , borrowed from Marino and his followers , had been recommended by the example of Donne , a man of very extensive and various knowledge ; and by Jonson , whose manner resembled that of Donne more ...
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... kind than any other of Cowley's works . The diction shows nothing of the mould of time , and the sentiments are at no great dis- tance from our present habitudes of thought . Real mirth must always be natural , and nature is uniform ...
... kind than any other of Cowley's works . The diction shows nothing of the mould of time , and the sentiments are at no great dis- tance from our present habitudes of thought . Real mirth must always be natural , and nature is uniform ...
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... kind of destiny , to the light and the familiar , or to conceits which re- quire still more ignoble epithets . A slaughter in the Red Sea new dies the water's name ; and England , during the civil war , was Albion no more , nor to be ...
... kind of destiny , to the light and the familiar , or to conceits which re- quire still more ignoble epithets . A slaughter in the Red Sea new dies the water's name ; and England , during the civil war , was Albion no more , nor to be ...
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... kind is merely fortui- tous : he sinks willingly down to his general carelessness , and avoids with very little care either meanness or asperity . His contractions are often rugged and harsh : One flings a mountain , and its rivers too ...
... kind is merely fortui- tous : he sinks willingly down to his general carelessness , and avoids with very little care either meanness or asperity . His contractions are often rugged and harsh : One flings a mountain , and its rivers too ...
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