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It the Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be compared, 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, ...
It the Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be compared, 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, ...
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COWLEY In tears I'll waste these eyes, By Love so vainly fed; So lust of old the
Deluge punished. COWLEY All arm'd in brass the richest dress of war (A dismal
glorious sight), he shone afar. The sun himself started with sudden fright, To see
...
COWLEY In tears I'll waste these eyes, By Love so vainly fed; So lust of old the
Deluge punished. COWLEY All arm'd in brass the richest dress of war (A dismal
glorious sight), he shone afar. The sun himself started with sudden fright, To see
...
Page 45
I know not, indeed, why they should be compared; for the resemblance of
Cowley's work to Tasso's is only that they both ... for Cowley supposes them
commonly to operate upon the mind by suggestion ; Tasso represents them as
promoting or ...
I know not, indeed, why they should be compared; for the resemblance of
Cowley's work to Tasso's is only that they both ... for Cowley supposes them
commonly to operate upon the mind by suggestion ; Tasso represents them as
promoting or ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1961 |
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