The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... 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 , " is the only thing ...
... 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 , " is the only thing ...
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... ness that surpasses expectation : Nay , gentle guests , he cries , since now you're in , The story of your gallant friend begin . In a simile descriptive of the Morning : As glimmering stars just at th ' approach of day , Cashier'd by ...
... ness that surpasses expectation : Nay , gentle guests , he cries , since now you're in , The story of your gallant friend begin . In a simile descriptive of the Morning : As glimmering stars just at th ' approach of day , Cashier'd by ...
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... ness of knowledge , that something at once remote and applicable rushed into his mind ; yet it is not likely that he always rejected a commodious idea merely because another had used it : his known wealth was so great that he might have ...
... ness of knowledge , that something at once remote and applicable rushed into his mind ; yet it is not likely that he always rejected a commodious idea merely because another had used it : his known wealth was so great that he might have ...
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... ness , and familiar without grossness . It has been observed by Felton , in his Essay on the Classics , that Cowley was beloved by every muse that he courted ; and that he has rivalled . the ancients in every kind of poetry but tragedy ...
... ness , and familiar without grossness . It has been observed by Felton , in his Essay on the Classics , that Cowley was beloved by every muse that he courted ; and that he has rivalled . the ancients in every kind of poetry but tragedy ...
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... perfectly true , as far as relates to the existence of the play which he speaks of , namely , the Adams of Andraini ; but it is still a question whether Milton ever saw it.- J. B. ness of his powers . What he should undertake , 112 MILTON .
... perfectly true , as far as relates to the existence of the play which he speaks of , namely , the Adams of Andraini ; but it is still a question whether Milton ever saw it.- J. B. ness of his powers . What he should undertake , 112 MILTON .
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