The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration rather than a history : he has given the character , not the life , of Cowley ; for he writes with so little detail , that scarcely any thing is distinctly known ...
... friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration rather than a history : he has given the character , not the life , of Cowley ; for he writes with so little detail , that scarcely any thing is distinctly known ...
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... friends in battle slain , And their untimely fate lament in vain : And when , at length , the cruel war shall cease , On hard conditions may he buy his peace ; Nor let him then enjoy supreme command , But fall untimely by some hostile ...
... friends in battle slain , And their untimely fate lament in vain : And when , at length , the cruel war shall cease , On hard conditions may he buy his peace ; Nor let him then enjoy supreme command , But fall untimely by some hostile ...
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... friends ) he went into France again , having made a copy of verses on Oliver's death . " This is no favourable representation , yet even in this not much wrong can be discovered . How far he complied with the men in power , is to be in ...
... friends ) he went into France again , having made a copy of verses on Oliver's death . " This is no favourable representation , yet even in this not much wrong can be discovered . How far he complied with the men in power , is to be in ...
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... friend , but by his friend's permission . Of the verses on Oliver's death , in which Wood's narrative seems to imply ... friends among the abettors of usurpation . A doctor of physic however he was made at Ox- ford in December , 1657 ...
... friend , but by his friend's permission . Of the verses on Oliver's death , in which Wood's narrative seems to imply ... friends among the abettors of usurpation . A doctor of physic however he was made at Ox- ford in December , 1657 ...
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... when he sends ; ' Tis Saul that is his foe , and we his friends . The man who has his God , no aid can lack ; And we who bid him go , will bring him back . Yet amidst his negligence he sometimes attempted an improved and COWLEY . 59.
... when he sends ; ' Tis Saul that is his foe , and we his friends . The man who has his God , no aid can lack ; And we who bid him go , will bring him back . Yet amidst his negligence he sometimes attempted an improved and COWLEY . 59.
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