Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1933 - English poetry |
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... produced from the same university , the two great Poets , Cowley and Milton , of dissimilar genius , of opposite principles ; but concurring in the cultivation of Latin poetry , in which the English , till their works and May's poem ...
... produced from the same university , the two great Poets , Cowley and Milton , of dissimilar genius , of opposite principles ; but concurring in the cultivation of Latin poetry , in which the English , till their works and May's poem ...
Page 149
... produced by a sudden tumult of imagination , or a short paroxysm of violent labour . To accumu- late such a mass of sentiments at the call of accidental desire , or of sudden necessity , is beyond the reach and power of the most active ...
... produced by a sudden tumult of imagination , or a short paroxysm of violent labour . To accumu- late such a mass of sentiments at the call of accidental desire , or of sudden necessity , is beyond the reach and power of the most active ...
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... produced it . Not long afterwards an attempt was made to revive the Spectator , at a time indeed by no means favourable to literature , when the succession of a new family to the throne filled the nation with anxiety , discord , and ...
... produced it . Not long afterwards an attempt was made to revive the Spectator , at a time indeed by no means favourable to literature , when the succession of a new family to the throne filled the nation with anxiety , discord , and ...
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