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Samuel Johnson. LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS . COWLEY . THE HE Life of COWLEY , notwithstanding the penury of English biography , has been written by Dr. Sprat , an author whose preg- nancy of imagination and elegance of language have ...
Samuel Johnson. LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS . COWLEY . THE HE Life of COWLEY , notwithstanding the penury of English biography , has been written by Dr. Sprat , an author whose preg- nancy of imagination and elegance of language have ...
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... English , till their works and May's poem appeared , * seemed un- able to contest the palm with any other of the lettered nations . If the Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be compared ( for May I hold to be su- perior to both ...
... English , till their works and May's poem appeared , * seemed un- able to contest the palm with any other of the lettered nations . If the Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be compared ( for May I hold to be su- perior to both ...
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... English literature , and show such skill as raises our wish for more examples . The lines from Jersey are a very curious and pleasing specimen of the familiar descending to the burlesque . His two metrical disquisitions for and against ...
... English literature , and show such skill as raises our wish for more examples . The lines from Jersey are a very curious and pleasing specimen of the familiar descending to the burlesque . His two metrical disquisitions for and against ...
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... English Ode cannot be called a translation , it may be very properly con- sulted as a commentary . The spirit of Pindar is indeed not every where equally preserved . The following pretty lines are not such as his deep mouth was used to ...
... English Ode cannot be called a translation , it may be very properly con- sulted as a commentary . The spirit of Pindar is indeed not every where equally preserved . The following pretty lines are not such as his deep mouth was used to ...
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... English litera- ture . I to Of this silence and neglect , if the reason be inquired , it will be found partly in the choice of the subject , and partly in the performance of the work . Sacred History has been always read with submissive ...
... English litera- ture . I to Of this silence and neglect , if the reason be inquired , it will be found partly in the choice of the subject , and partly in the performance of the work . Sacred History has been always read with submissive ...
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