The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... continued his studies with great intenseness : for he is said to have written , while he was yet a young student , the greater part of his " Davideis ; " a work , of which the materials , could not have been col- lected without the ...
... continued his studies with great intenseness : for he is said to have written , while he was yet a young student , the greater part of his " Davideis ; " a work , of which the materials , could not have been col- lected without the ...
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... he resumed his former station , and staid till the Res toration . " He continued , " says his biographer , " under these bonds till the general deliverance ; " it is therefore to be supposed , that he did not go 10 COWLEY .
... he resumed his former station , and staid till the Res toration . " He continued , " says his biographer , " under these bonds till the general deliverance ; " it is therefore to be supposed , that he did not go 10 COWLEY .
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... continued by tradition , because they supply com- modious allusions . It gave a piteous groan , and so it broke ; In vain it something would have spoke ; The love within too strong for't was , Like poison put into a Venice - glass ...
... continued by tradition , because they supply com- modious allusions . It gave a piteous groan , and so it broke ; In vain it something would have spoke ; The love within too strong for't was , Like poison put into a Venice - glass ...
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... continued till it is tedious : I ' th ' library a few choice authors stood , Yet ' twas well stor'd , for that small store was good : Writing , man's spiritual physic , was not then Itself , as now , grown a disease of men . Learning ...
... continued till it is tedious : I ' th ' library a few choice authors stood , Yet ' twas well stor'd , for that small store was good : Writing , man's spiritual physic , was not then Itself , as now , grown a disease of men . Learning ...
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... continued to delight through all the changes of human manners , he contented himself with a de- ciduous laurel , of which the verdure in its spring was bright and gay , but which time has been con- tinually stealing from his brows . He ...
... continued to delight through all the changes of human manners , he contented himself with a de- ciduous laurel , of which the verdure in its spring was bright and gay , but which time has been con- tinually stealing from his brows . He ...
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