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Cowley says of the stone with which Cain slew his brother, I saw him fling the
stone, as if he meant At once his murther and his monument. Of the sword taken
from Goliah, he says, A sword so great, that it was only fit To take oft' his great
head ...
Cowley says of the stone with which Cain slew his brother, I saw him fling the
stone, as if he meant At once his murther and his monument. Of the sword taken
from Goliah, he says, A sword so great, that it was only fit To take oft' his great
head ...
Page 132
Of him, at last, may be said what Jonson says of Spenser, that he wrote no
language, but has formed what Butler calls a Babylonish Dialect, in itself harsh
and barbarous, but made by exalted genius and extensive learning, the vehicle
of so ...
Of him, at last, may be said what Jonson says of Spenser, that he wrote no
language, but has formed what Butler calls a Babylonish Dialect, in itself harsh
and barbarous, but made by exalted genius and extensive learning, the vehicle
of so ...
Page 137
In this part of his life, he married Mrs. Herbert, a gentlewoman of a good family;
and lived, says Wood, upon her fortune, having studied the common law, but
never practised it. A fortune she had, says his biographer, but it was lost by bad ...
In this part of his life, he married Mrs. Herbert, a gentlewoman of a good family;
and lived, says Wood, upon her fortune, having studied the common law, but
never practised it. A fortune she had, says his biographer, but it was lost by bad ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1961 |
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