The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... character , not the life , of Cowley ; for he writes with so little detail , that scarcely any thing is distinctly known , but all is shewn confused and enlarged through the mist of panegyric . ABRAHAM COWLEY was born in the year one ...
... character , not the life , of Cowley ; for he writes with so little detail , that scarcely any thing is distinctly known , but all is shewn confused and enlarged through the mist of panegyric . ABRAHAM COWLEY was born in the year one ...
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... character from crimes which he was never within the possibility of com- mitting , differs only by the infrequency of his folly from him who praises beauty which he never saw ; complains of jealousy which he never felt ; sup- poses ...
... character from crimes which he was never within the possibility of com- mitting , differs only by the infrequency of his folly from him who praises beauty which he never saw ; complains of jealousy which he never felt ; sup- poses ...
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... character of phy- books ; and says , that it was used by the pagans , the Jewish Rabbins , and even the early Christians ; the latter taking the New Testament for their ora- cle.-H.とこ sician , still , according to Sprat , with ...
... character of phy- books ; and says , that it was used by the pagans , the Jewish Rabbins , and even the early Christians ; the latter taking the New Testament for their ora- cle.-H.とこ sician , still , according to Sprat , with ...
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... the article , " Cutter of Coleman - street , " and that because a merry shark- ing fellow about the town , named Cutter , is a prin- cipal character in it.-H. on the stage with great severity , and was after- 12 COWLEY . Page.
... the article , " Cutter of Coleman - street , " and that because a merry shark- ing fellow about the town , named Cutter , is a prin- cipal character in it.-H. on the stage with great severity , and was after- 12 COWLEY . Page.
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... characters been depraved like every other part by improper decorations , they would have deserved uncommon 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 ...
... characters been depraved like every other part by improper decorations , they would have deserved uncommon 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 ...
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