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... observed : the few decisions and remarks , which his prefaces and his notes on the Davideis supply , were at that time accessions to English literature , and show such skill as raises our wish for more examples . The lines from Jersey ...
... observed : the few decisions and remarks , which his prefaces and his notes on the Davideis supply , were at that time accessions to English literature , and show such skill as raises our wish for more examples . The lines from Jersey ...
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... observe , whatever is said of the original new moon , her tender forehead and her horns , is superadded by his paraphrast , who has many other plays of words and fancy unsuitable to the original , as , The table , free for ev'ry guest ...
... observe , whatever is said of the original new moon , her tender forehead and her horns , is superadded by his paraphrast , who has many other plays of words and fancy unsuitable to the original , as , The table , free for ev'ry guest ...
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... observed in divers other places of this poem , that else will pass for very careless verses : as before , And over - runs the neighb'ring fields with violent course . " In the second book ; " And , " In the third , Down a precipice deep ...
... observed in divers other places of this poem , that else will pass for very careless verses : as before , And over - runs the neighb'ring fields with violent course . " In the second book ; " And , " In the third , Down a precipice deep ...
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... observed by Felton , in his Essay on the Classics , that Cowley was beloved by every Muse that he courted ; and that he has rivalled the ancients in every kind of poetry but tragedy . It may be affirmed , without any encomiastic fervour ...
... observed by Felton , in his Essay on the Classics , that Cowley was beloved by every Muse that he courted ; and that he has rivalled the ancients in every kind of poetry but tragedy . It may be affirmed , without any encomiastic fervour ...
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... observed , that he became an enemy to the Presby- terians , whom he had favoured before . He that changes his party by his humour is not more virtuous than he that changes it by his interest ; he loves himself rather than truth . His ...
... observed , that he became an enemy to the Presby- terians , whom he had favoured before . He that changes his party by his humour is not more virtuous than he that changes it by his interest ; he loves himself rather than truth . His ...
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