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... poets ( for poets they were called by themselves and their admirers ) was eminently distinguished . As the authors of this race were ... poetry . Thus Cowley on Knowledge : The sacred tree ' midst the fair orchard grew The 14 COWLEY . DENHAM.
... poets ( for poets they were called by themselves and their admirers ) was eminently distinguished . As the authors of this race were ... poetry . Thus Cowley on Knowledge : The sacred tree ' midst the fair orchard grew The 14 COWLEY . DENHAM.
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... poetry , compared to travels through different countries : Hast thou not found each woman's breast ( The land where thou hast travelled ) Either by savages possest , Or wild , and uninhabited ? What joy could'st take , or what repose ...
... poetry , compared to travels through different countries : Hast thou not found each woman's breast ( The land where thou hast travelled ) Either by savages possest , Or wild , and uninhabited ? What joy could'st take , or what repose ...
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... poetry ; and all will determine that if this be the old Theban strain , it is not worthy of revival . To the disproportion and incongruity of Cowley's senti- ments must be added the uncertainty and looseness of his measures . He takes ...
... poetry ; and all will determine that if this be the old Theban strain , it is not worthy of revival . To the disproportion and incongruity of Cowley's senti- ments must be added the uncertainty and looseness of his measures . He takes ...
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... poetry , it will be found that he wrote with abundant fertility , but negligent or unskilful selection ; with much thought , but with little imagery ; that he is never pathetic , and rarely sublime ; but always either ingenious or ...
... poetry , it will be found that he wrote with abundant fertility , but negligent or unskilful selection ; with much thought , but with little imagery ; that he is never pathetic , and rarely sublime ; but always either ingenious or ...
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... poet that mingled Alexandrines at pleasure with the common heroic of ten syllables ; and from him Dryden borrowed the ... poetry , may be applied to these compositions . No author ever kept his verse and his prose at a greater distance ...
... poet that mingled Alexandrines at pleasure with the common heroic of ten syllables ; and from him Dryden borrowed the ... poetry , may be applied to these compositions . No author ever kept his verse and his prose at a greater distance ...
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