Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1933 - English poetry |
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... given some credit to the answer of his oracle . C Some years afterwards , business , ' says Sprat , passed of course into other hands ' ; and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was in 1656 sent back into England , that , under ...
... given some credit to the answer of his oracle . C Some years afterwards , business , ' says Sprat , passed of course into other hands ' ; and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was in 1656 sent back into England , that , under ...
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... given till 1674 ; it was printed in small octavo ; and the number of books was increased to twelve , by a division of the seventh and twelfth and some other small improve- ments were made . The third edition was published in 1678 ; and ...
... given till 1674 ; it was printed in small octavo ; and the number of books was increased to twelve , by a division of the seventh and twelfth and some other small improve- ments were made . The third edition was published in 1678 ; and ...
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... given very few examples . The critical decision has given the praise of strength to Denham , and of sweetness to Waller . His excellence of versification has some abatements . He uses the expletive do very frequently ; and though he ...
... given very few examples . The critical decision has given the praise of strength to Denham , and of sweetness to Waller . His excellence of versification has some abatements . He uses the expletive do very frequently ; and though he ...
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