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... praise may safely be credited , as it has never been contradicted by envy or by faction . Such are the remarks and memorials which I have been able to add to the narrative of Dr. Sprat ; who , writing when the feuds of the civil war ...
... praise may safely be credited , as it has never been contradicted by envy or by faction . Such are the remarks and memorials which I have been able to add to the narrative of Dr. Sprat ; who , writing when the feuds of the civil war ...
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... praise , there are , as there must be in all Cowley's compositions , some striking thoughts , but they are not well wrought . His elegy on Sir Henry Wotton is vigorous and happy ; the series of thoughts is easy and natural ; and the ...
... praise , there are , as there must be in all Cowley's compositions , some striking thoughts , but they are not well wrought . His elegy on Sir Henry Wotton is vigorous and happy ; the series of thoughts is easy and natural ; and the ...
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... praise or censure . They cal account of the virtues of plants and colours have all the same beauties and faults ... praises are too far sought , and too hyperbolical , either to express love or to excite it ; every stanza is crowded with ...
... praise or censure . They cal account of the virtues of plants and colours have all the same beauties and faults ... praises are too far sought , and too hyperbolical , either to express love or to excite it ; every stanza is crowded with ...
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... praise ; of which it may be said with truth , no man but Cowley could have written them . er of human genius to dignify . The miracle of creation , however it may teem with images , is best described with little diffusion of language ...
... praise ; of which it may be said with truth , no man but Cowley could have written them . er of human genius to dignify . The miracle of creation , however it may teem with images , is best described with little diffusion of language ...
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... praise . He gives Saul both the body and mind of a hero : His way once chose , he forward thrust outright , Nor turn'd aside for danger or delight . And the different beauties of the lofty Merah and the gentle Michol are very justly ...
... praise . He gives Saul both the body and mind of a hero : His way once chose , he forward thrust outright , Nor turn'd aside for danger or delight . And the different beauties of the lofty Merah and the gentle Michol are very justly ...
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