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... easily adopted , nor can the attention be often interest- ed in any thing that befalls them . To the subject thus originally indisposed to the reception of poetical embellishments , the writer brought little that could reconcile impa ...
... easily adopted , nor can the attention be often interest- ed in any thing that befalls them . To the subject thus originally indisposed to the reception of poetical embellishments , the writer brought little that could reconcile impa ...
Page 19
... easily into the latter . The words do and did , which so much degrade in present estimation the line that admits them , were , in the time of Cowley , little censured or avoided : how often he used them , and with how bad an effect , at ...
... easily into the latter . The words do and did , which so much degrade in present estimation the line that admits them , were , in the time of Cowley , little censured or avoided : how often he used them , and with how bad an effect , at ...
Page 30
... easily find arguments to justify inclination , published ( in 1644 ) " The Doctrine and Discipline of Di- vorce ; " which was followed by " The Judg- ment of Martin Bucer , concerning Divorce ; " and the next year , his Tetrachordon ...
... easily find arguments to justify inclination , published ( in 1644 ) " The Doctrine and Discipline of Di- vorce ; " which was followed by " The Judg- ment of Martin Bucer , concerning Divorce ; " and the next year , his Tetrachordon ...
Page 32
... easily gains attention ; and he , who told every man that he was equal to his King , could hard- ly want an audience . -Quid agas , cum dira et fœdior omni Crimine persona est ? As Salmasius reproached Milton with losing his eyes in the ...
... easily gains attention ; and he , who told every man that he was equal to his King , could hard- ly want an audience . -Quid agas , cum dira et fœdior omni Crimine persona est ? As Salmasius reproached Milton with losing his eyes in the ...
Page 38
... easily find its way . He that could fear lest his genius had fallen upon too old a world , or too chill a cli- mate , might consistently magnify to himself the * This opinion is , with great learning and ingenu- ity , refuted in a book ...
... easily find its way . He that could fear lest his genius had fallen upon too old a world , or too chill a cli- mate , might consistently magnify to himself the * This opinion is , with great learning and ingenu- ity , refuted in a book ...
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