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Page 43
... expected that Cowley , whose ideas of excellence were so different from his own , would have had much of his approbation . His character of Dryden , who sometimes visited him , was , that he was a good rhymist , but no poet . : His ...
... expected that Cowley , whose ideas of excellence were so different from his own , would have had much of his approbation . His character of Dryden , who sometimes visited him , was , that he was a good rhymist , but no poet . : His ...
Page 45
... expects some dream of prognostica- tion , or some music played by aerial performers . inhabitants of the breast , that neither receive nor Both Mirth and Melancholy are solitary , silent transmit communication : no mention is there ...
... expects some dream of prognostica- tion , or some music played by aerial performers . inhabitants of the breast , that neither receive nor Both Mirth and Melancholy are solitary , silent transmit communication : no mention is there ...
Page 60
... expected from a life spent in ostentatious contempt of regularity , and ended before the abilities of many other men began to be displayed ? + Dr. Johnson has made no mention of " Valen- tinian , " ( altered from Beaumont and Fletcher ) ...
... expected from a life spent in ostentatious contempt of regularity , and ended before the abilities of many other men began to be displayed ? + Dr. Johnson has made no mention of " Valen- tinian , " ( altered from Beaumont and Fletcher ) ...
Page 62
... expected from it may be doubt- ed . * He was married to Lady Frances Boyle , in April , 1662. By this lady he had no issue . He married se- condly , 10th Nov. 1674 , Isabella , daughter of Matthew Boynton , of Barmston , in Yorkshire ...
... expected from it may be doubt- ed . * He was married to Lady Frances Boyle , in April , 1662. By this lady he had no issue . He married se- condly , 10th Nov. 1674 , Isabella , daughter of Matthew Boynton , of Barmston , in Yorkshire ...
Page 63
... expected to do but little . If an academician's place were profitable , it would be given by interest ; if at- tendance were gratuitous , it would be rarely paid , and no man would endure the least dis- gust . Unanimity is impossible ...
... expected to do but little . If an academician's place were profitable , it would be given by interest ; if at- tendance were gratuitous , it would be rarely paid , and no man would endure the least dis- gust . Unanimity is impossible ...
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