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... sufficient approba- tion . In 1643 , being now master of arts , he was , by the prevalence of the parliament , ejected from Cambridge , and sheltered himself at St. John's College , in Oxford ; where , as is said by Wood , he published ...
... sufficient approba- tion . In 1643 , being now master of arts , he was , by the prevalence of the parliament , ejected from Cambridge , and sheltered himself at St. John's College , in Oxford ; where , as is said by Wood , he published ...
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... sufficiently has hitherto afforded . To choose the best , at ease that could attend to such minuteness of among many good , is one of the most hazardous physiology . But the power of Cowley is not so attempts of criticism . I know not ...
... sufficiently has hitherto afforded . To choose the best , at ease that could attend to such minuteness of among many good , is one of the most hazardous physiology . But the power of Cowley is not so attempts of criticism . I know not ...
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... sufficiently indul- gent : that confusion of images may entertain for a moment ; but , being unnatural , it soon grows wearisome . Cowley delighted in it , as much as if he had invented it ; but , not to men- tion the ancients , he ...
... sufficiently indul- gent : that confusion of images may entertain for a moment ; but , being unnatural , it soon grows wearisome . Cowley delighted in it , as much as if he had invented it ; but , not to men- tion the ancients , he ...
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... sufficient for the purposes of religion , seems not only useless but in some degrée profane . Y Y + 7 Such events as were produced by the visible interposition of Divine power are above the pow . Every reader feels himself weary with ...
... sufficient for the purposes of religion , seems not only useless but in some degrée profane . Y Y + 7 Such events as were produced by the visible interposition of Divine power are above the pow . Every reader feels himself weary with ...
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... sufficiently discernible . Cow- ley's is scarcely description , unless it be possible to describe by negatives : for he tells us only what there is not in heaven . Tasso endeavours to represent the splendours and pleasures of the ...
... sufficiently discernible . Cow- ley's is scarcely description , unless it be possible to describe by negatives : for he tells us only what there is not in heaven . Tasso endeavours to represent the splendours and pleasures of the ...
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