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Samuel Johnson. Jonson and Donne , as Dr. Hurd remarks , of pleasure . were then in the highest esteem . It is related by Clarendon that Cowley always acknowledges his obligation to the learning and industry of Jonson ; but I have found ...
Samuel Johnson. Jonson and Donne , as Dr. Hurd remarks , of pleasure . were then in the highest esteem . It is related by Clarendon that Cowley always acknowledges his obligation to the learning and industry of Jonson ; but I have found ...
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... remark , ” what I think is true , that Milton was the first t Englishman who , after the revival of letters , wrote Latin verses with classic elegance . If any exceptions can be e made , they every few Haddon and Ascham , the pride of ...
... remark , ” what I think is true , that Milton was the first t Englishman who , after the revival of letters , wrote Latin verses with classic elegance . If any exceptions can be e made , they every few Haddon and Ascham , the pride of ...
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... Remarks on the Articles of Peace between Ormond and the Irish Rebels . " While he contented himself to write , he per- haps did only what his conscience dictated ; and if he did not very vigilantly watch the in- fluence of his own ...
... Remarks on the Articles of Peace between Ormond and the Irish Rebels . " While he contented himself to write , he per- haps did only what his conscience dictated ; and if he did not very vigilantly watch the in- fluence of his own ...
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... remark a kind of respect , per- he naturally solaced his solitude by the indul - haps unconsciously , paid to this great man by his gence of his fancy , and the melody of his num- biographers : every house in which he resided is bers ...
... remark a kind of respect , per- he naturally solaced his solitude by the indul - haps unconsciously , paid to this great man by his gence of his fancy , and the melody of his num- biographers : every house in which he resided is bers ...
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... remark- able , but that its author , who had been lately defending the supreme powers of his country , and was then writing “ Paradise Lost , " could descend from his elevation to rescue children from the perplexity of grammatical ...
... remark- able , but that its author , who had been lately defending the supreme powers of his country , and was then writing “ Paradise Lost , " could descend from his elevation to rescue children from the perplexity of grammatical ...
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