The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1B. Tauchnitz, 1858 - 402 pages |
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Samuel Johnson. CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. PAGE I COWLEY 48 DENHAM 56 MILTON 120 BUTLER 131 ROCHESTER 137 ROSCOMMON 145 OTWAY WALLER POMFRET • DORSET 149 187 188 191 STEPNEY J. PHILIPS WALSH 193 205 207 DRYDEN 804 SMITH 322 DUKE 323 KING VI ...
Samuel Johnson. CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. PAGE I COWLEY 48 DENHAM 56 MILTON 120 BUTLER 131 ROCHESTER 137 ROSCOMMON 145 OTWAY WALLER POMFRET • DORSET 149 187 188 191 STEPNEY J. PHILIPS WALSH 193 205 207 DRYDEN 804 SMITH 322 DUKE 323 KING VI ...
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... Milton , and Pope , might be said " to lisp in numbers ; " and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy minds seem scarcely credible . But of the learned ...
... Milton , and Pope , might be said " to lisp in numbers ; " and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy minds seem scarcely credible . But of the learned ...
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... trees , in heroic numbers . At the same time were produced , from the same university , the two great poets , Cowley and Milton , of dissimilar genius , of opposite principles ; but concurring in the cultivation of COWLEY . 7.
... trees , in heroic numbers . At the same time were produced , from the same university , the two great poets , Cowley and Milton , of dissimilar genius , of opposite principles ; but concurring in the cultivation of COWLEY . 7.
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... Milton be com- pared ( for May I hold to be superior to both ) , the advantage seems to lie on the side of Cowley . Milton is generally content to express the thoughts of the ancients in their language ; Cowley , without much loss of ...
... Milton be com- pared ( for May I hold to be superior to both ) , the advantage seems to lie on the side of Cowley . Milton is generally content to express the thoughts of the ancients in their language ; Cowley , without much loss of ...
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... conveniently come hither the of Hampton Town , lying there one night . I write this in pain , and can say no more : Verbum sapienti . ” way * L'Allegro of Milton . even He did not long enjoy the pleasure , or suffer 10 COWLEY .
... conveniently come hither the of Hampton Town , lying there one night . I write this in pain , and can say no more : Verbum sapienti . ” way * L'Allegro of Milton . even He did not long enjoy the pleasure , or suffer 10 COWLEY .
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