The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... known , but all is shewn confused and enlarged through the mist of panegyric . ABRAHAM COWLEY was born in the year one thousand six hundred and eighteen . His father was a grocer , whose condition Dr. Sprat conceals un- der the general ...
... known , but all is shewn confused and enlarged through the mist of panegyric . ABRAHAM COWLEY was born in the year one thousand six hundred and eighteen . His father was a grocer , whose condition Dr. Sprat conceals un- der the general ...
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... known that the busi- ness of a statesman can be little forwarded by flow- ers of rhetoric . One passage , however , seems not unworthy of some notice , Speaking of the Scotch treaty then in agitation : " The Scotch treaty , " says he ...
... known that the busi- ness of a statesman can be little forwarded by flow- ers of rhetoric . One passage , however , seems not unworthy of some notice , Speaking of the Scotch treaty then in agitation : " The Scotch treaty , " says he ...
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... known . He that misses his end will never be as much pleased as he that attains it , even when he can impute no part of his failure to himself ; and , when the end is to please the multitude , no man , perhaps , has a right , in things ...
... known . He that misses his end will never be as much pleased as he that attains it , even when he can impute no part of his failure to himself ; and , when the end is to please the multitude , no man , perhaps , has a right , in things ...
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... known ; I must therefore re- commend the perusal of his work , to which my nar- ration can be considered only as a slender supple- ment . Cowley , like other poets who have written with narrow views , and , instead of tracing ...
... known ; I must therefore re- commend the perusal of his work , to which my nar- ration can be considered only as a slender supple- ment . Cowley , like other poets who have written with narrow views , and , instead of tracing ...
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... known formality : But all pains emfently lie in thee . COWLEY . They were not always strictly curious , whether the opinions from which they drew their illustra- tions were true ; it was enough that they were po- pular . Bacon remarks ...
... known formality : But all pains emfently lie in thee . COWLEY . They were not always strictly curious , whether the opinions from which they drew their illustra- tions were true ; it was enough that they were po- pular . Bacon remarks ...
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