The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... given me by mr . Spence's Collections , of which I consider the commu- nication as a favour worthy of public acknowledgment . * * They were communicated by their possessor , the duke of Newcastle . 1 1 CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME ...
... given me by mr . Spence's Collections , of which I consider the commu- nication as a favour worthy of public acknowledgment . * * They were communicated by their possessor , the duke of Newcastle . 1 1 CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME ...
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... given the character , not the life , of Cowley ; for he writes with so little detail , that scarcely any thing is dis- tinctly known , but all is shewn confused and enlarged through the mist of panegyric . ABRAHAM COWLEY was born in the ...
... given the character , not the life , of Cowley ; for he writes with so little detail , that scarcely any thing is dis- tinctly known , but all is shewn confused and enlarged through the mist of panegyric . ABRAHAM COWLEY was born in the ...
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... numbers ; " and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of com- prehension of things , as to more tardy minds seem scarcely credible . But of the learned puerilities of Cowley there 8 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... numbers ; " and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of com- prehension of things , as to more tardy minds seem scarcely credible . But of the learned puerilities of Cowley there 8 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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... given some credit to the answer of his oracle . Some years afterwards , " business , " says Sprat , " passed of course into other hands ; " and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was , in 1656 , sent back into England , that ...
... given some credit to the answer of his oracle . Some years afterwards , " business , " says Sprat , " passed of course into other hands ; " and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was , in 1656 , sent back into England , that ...
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... given by dr . Birch , he appears busy among the experimental philosophers , with the title of dr . Cowley . There is no reason for supposing that he ever attempted practice : but his preparatory studies have contributed something to the ...
... given by dr . Birch , he appears busy among the experimental philosophers , with the title of dr . Cowley . There is no reason for supposing that he ever attempted practice : but his preparatory studies have contributed something to the ...
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