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... 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 puerilities of Cowley there is no doubt , since a volume ...
... 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 puerilities of Cowley there is no doubt , since a volume ...
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... numbers in th ' unequal field , His men discouraged , and himself expell'd ; Let him for succour sue from place to place , Torn from his subjects and his son's embrace . First let him see his friends in battle slain , And their untimely ...
... numbers in th ' unequal field , His men discouraged , and himself expell'd ; Let him for succour sue from place to place , Torn from his subjects and his son's embrace . First let him see his friends in battle slain , And their untimely ...
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... numbers were inevitably disappointed ; and Cowley found his. " his desire had been for some days past , and did still very vehemently continue , to retire himself to some of the American plantations , and to forsake this world for ever ...
... numbers were inevitably disappointed ; and Cowley found his. " his desire had been for some days past , and did still very vehemently continue , to retire himself to some of the American plantations , and to forsake this world for ever ...
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Samuel Johnson. great numbers were inevitably disappointed ; and Cowley found his reward very tediously delayed . He had been promised by both Charles the First and Second , the mastership of the Sa- “ but he lost it , ” says Wood , " by ...
Samuel Johnson. great numbers were inevitably disappointed ; and Cowley found his reward very tediously delayed . He had been promised by both Charles the First and Second , the mastership of the Sa- “ but he lost it , ” says Wood , " by ...
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... numbers . Milton tried the metaphysic style only in his lines upon Hobson the Carrier , Cowley adopted it , and excelled his predecessors , having as much senti . ment and more music . Suckling neither im- proved versification , nor ...
... numbers . Milton tried the metaphysic style only in his lines upon Hobson the Carrier , Cowley adopted it , and excelled his predecessors , having as much senti . ment and more music . Suckling neither im- proved versification , nor ...
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