Lives of the English Poets, Waller, Milton, CowleyCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... observed to Johnson that he was underpaid by the booksellers , his reply was , No , sir ; it was not that they gave me too little , but that I gave them too much . " He gave them , in fact , his masterpiece . His keen interest in ...
... observed to Johnson that he was underpaid by the booksellers , his reply was , No , sir ; it was not that they gave me too little , but that I gave them too much . " He gave them , in fact , his masterpiece . His keen interest in ...
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... observation made by one of his editors , that he attained , by a felicity like instinct , a style which perhaps will never be obsolete ; and that were we to judge only by the wording , we could not know what was wrote at twenty , and ...
... observation made by one of his editors , that he attained , by a felicity like instinct , a style which perhaps will never be obsolete ; and that were we to judge only by the wording , we could not know what was wrote at twenty , and ...
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... observe . " " God first assigned Adam , " says Hooker , " maintenance of life , and then appointed him a law to observe . - True it is , that the kingdom of God must be the first thing in our purpose and desires ; but inasmuch as a ...
... observe . " " God first assigned Adam , " says Hooker , " maintenance of life , and then appointed him a law to observe . - True it is , that the kingdom of God must be the first thing in our purpose and desires ; but inasmuch as a ...
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... observe that this falling church has got a trick of rising again . " He took notice to his friends of the king's conduct ; and said that " he would be left like a whale upon the strand . " Whether he was privy to any of the transactions ...
... observe that this falling church has got a trick of rising again . " He took notice to his friends of the king's conduct ; and said that " he would be left like a whale upon the strand . " Whether he was privy to any of the transactions ...
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... observed by his imitator , Lord Lansdowne : No satyr stalks within the hallow'd ground , But queens and heroines , kings and gods abound ; Glory and arms and love are all the sound . In the first poem , on the danger of the prince on ...
... observed by his imitator , Lord Lansdowne : No satyr stalks within the hallow'd ground , But queens and heroines , kings and gods abound ; Glory and arms and love are all the sound . In the first poem , on the danger of the prince on ...
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