The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... 247 STEPNEY 250 J. PHILIPS 253 WALSH 268 DRYDEN 270 SMITH 399 DUKE 422 KING 423 SPRAT 428 HALIFAX 433 PARNELL 437 GARTH 441 Rowe 446 ADDISON 457 HUGHES 517 SHEFFIELD 529 COWLEY . THE Life of COWLEY , notwithstanding the pe-
... 247 STEPNEY 250 J. PHILIPS 253 WALSH 268 DRYDEN 270 SMITH 399 DUKE 422 KING 423 SPRAT 428 HALIFAX 433 PARNELL 437 GARTH 441 Rowe 446 ADDISON 457 HUGHES 517 SHEFFIELD 529 COWLEY . THE Life of COWLEY , notwithstanding the pe-
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... Sprat , an author whose pregnancy of imagi- nation and elegance of language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration rather than a ...
... Sprat , an author whose pregnancy of imagi- nation and elegance of language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration rather than a ...
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... Sprat , to relate , " That he had this defect in his memory at that time , that his teachers never could bring it to retain the ordi- nary rules of grammar . " This is an instance of the natural desire of man to propagate a wonder . It ...
... Sprat , to relate , " That he had this defect in his memory at that time , that his teachers never could bring it to retain the ordi- nary rules of grammar . " This is an instance of the natural desire of man to propagate a wonder . It ...
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... race untam'd , and haughty foes , His peaceful entrance with dire arms oppose , Oppress'd with numbers in th ' unequal field , His men discourag'd , and himself expell'd : Some years afterwards , " business , " says Sprat COWLEY . 7.
... race untam'd , and haughty foes , His peaceful entrance with dire arms oppose , Oppress'd with numbers in th ' unequal field , His men discourag'd , and himself expell'd : Some years afterwards , " business , " says Sprat COWLEY . 7.
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Samuel Johnson. Some years afterwards , " business , " says Sprat , passed of course into other hands ; " and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was in 1656 sent Let him for succour sue from place to place , Torn from his ...
Samuel Johnson. Some years afterwards , " business , " says Sprat , passed of course into other hands ; " and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was in 1656 sent Let him for succour sue from place to place , Torn from his ...
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