Lives of the English Poets, Waller, Milton, CowleyCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... spirit and uniformity . When the Commons began to set the royal authority at open defiance , Waller is said to have withdrawn from the House , and to have returned with the king's permission ; and , when the king set up his standard ...
... spirit and uniformity . When the Commons began to set the royal authority at open defiance , Waller is said to have withdrawn from the House , and to have returned with the king's permission ; and , when the king set up his standard ...
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... spirit was odious ; and he was at least pitied where he was most detested . " Such is the account of Clarendon ; on which it may not be improper to make some remarks . " He was very little known till he had obtained a rich wife in the ...
... spirit was odious ; and he was at least pitied where he was most detested . " Such is the account of Clarendon ; on which it may not be improper to make some remarks . " He was very little known till he had obtained a rich wife in the ...
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... spirit and justice , of himself and Guarini , when , having perused the Pastor Fido , he cried out , " If he had not read Aminta , he had not excelled it . " As Waller professed himself to have learned the art of versification from ...
... spirit and justice , of himself and Guarini , when , having perused the Pastor Fido , he cried out , " If he had not read Aminta , he had not excelled it . " As Waller professed himself to have learned the art of versification from ...
Page 67
... Spirit that can enrich with all utterance and knowledge , and sends out His seraphim , with the hallowed fire of His altar , to touch and purify the lips of whom He pleases . To this must be added , industrious and select reading ...
... Spirit that can enrich with all utterance and knowledge , and sends out His seraphim , with the hallowed fire of His altar , to touch and purify the lips of whom He pleases . To this must be added , industrious and select reading ...
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... spirit and elegance , easily gains attention ; and he , who told every man that he was equal to his king , could hardly want an audience ! That the performance of Salmasius was not dispersed with equal rapidity , or read with equal ...
... spirit and elegance , easily gains attention ; and he , who told every man that he was equal to his king , could hardly want an audience ! That the performance of Salmasius was not dispersed with equal rapidity , or read with equal ...
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