The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... died be- fore the birth of his son , and consequently left him to the care of his mother ; whom Wood represents as struggling earnestly to procure him a literary education , and who , as she lived to the age of eighty , had her ...
... died be- fore the birth of his son , and consequently left him to the care of his mother ; whom Wood represents as struggling earnestly to procure him a literary education , and who , as she lived to the age of eighty , had her ...
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... died at the Porch- house in Chertsey , in 1667 , in the 49th year of his age . He was buried with great pomp near Chaucer and Spenser ; and King Charles pronounced , " That Mr. Cowley had not left behind him a better man in England ...
... died at the Porch- house in Chertsey , in 1667 , in the 49th year of his age . He was buried with great pomp near Chaucer and Spenser ; and King Charles pronounced , " That Mr. Cowley had not left behind him a better man in England ...
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... dying confest saints excite . Thou with strange adultery Dost in each breast a brothel keep ; Awake all men do lust for thee , And some enjoy thee when they sleep . The true Taste of Tears . Hither with crystal vials , lovers , come ...
... dying confest saints excite . Thou with strange adultery Dost in each breast a brothel keep ; Awake all men do lust for thee , And some enjoy thee when they sleep . The true Taste of Tears . Hither with crystal vials , lovers , come ...
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... dying by a little sleep ; Thou at this midnight seest me . It must be however confessed of these writers , that if they are upon common subjects often unne- cessarily and unpoetically subtle ; yet , where scho- lastic speculation can be ...
... dying by a little sleep ; Thou at this midnight seest me . It must be however confessed of these writers , that if they are upon common subjects often unne- cessarily and unpoetically subtle ; yet , where scho- lastic speculation can be ...
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... concludes the torrid zone to be habitable . Upon the dying of a tree , on which he had cut his loves , he observes that his flames had burnt up and withered the tree . " These conceits Addison calls mixed wit ; that is , COWLEY . 39.
... concludes the torrid zone to be habitable . Upon the dying of a tree , on which he had cut his loves , he observes that his flames had burnt up and withered the tree . " These conceits Addison calls mixed wit ; that is , COWLEY . 39.
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