Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Dent, 1925 - English poetry |
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... excellence is truth : he that professes love ought to feel its power . Petrarch was a real lover , and Laura doubtless deserved his tenderness . ( Of Cowley , we are told by Barnes , who had means enough of information , that , whatever ...
... excellence is truth : he that professes love ought to feel its power . Petrarch was a real lover , and Laura doubtless deserved his tenderness . ( Of Cowley , we are told by Barnes , who had means enough of information , that , whatever ...
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... excellence ; nor could there be any more delightful entertainment than to trace their gradual growth and expansion , and to observe how they are sometimes suddenly advanced by accidental hints , and sometimes slowly improved by steady ...
... excellence ; nor could there be any more delightful entertainment than to trace their gradual growth and expansion , and to observe how they are sometimes suddenly advanced by accidental hints , and sometimes slowly improved by steady ...
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... excellence beyond it in some other of Dryden's works , that excellence must be found . Compared with the Ode on Killigrew , it may be pro- 1631-1700 CHARACTER OF MIND 255 nounced perhaps superior in the 254 1631-1700 DRYDEN.
... excellence beyond it in some other of Dryden's works , that excellence must be found . Compared with the Ode on Killigrew , it may be pro- 1631-1700 CHARACTER OF MIND 255 nounced perhaps superior in the 254 1631-1700 DRYDEN.
Contents
ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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