The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... praise of Sam Tuke , Or printed his pitiful melancholy . His vehement desire of retirement now came again upon him . " Not finding , " says the morose Wood , " that pre- ferment conferred upon him which he expected , while others for ...
... praise of Sam Tuke , Or printed his pitiful melancholy . His vehement desire of retirement now came again upon him . " Not finding , " says the morose Wood , " that pre- ferment conferred upon him which he expected , while others for ...
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... praise may safely be credited , as it has never been contradicted by envy or by faction . Such are the remarks and memorials which I have been able to add to the narrative of dr . Sprat ; who , writing when the feuds of the civil war ...
... praise may safely be credited , as it has never been contradicted by envy or by faction . Such are the remarks and memorials which I have been able to add to the narrative of dr . Sprat ; who , writing when the feuds of the civil war ...
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... praise , which are often gained by those who think less , but are more diligent to adorn their thoughts . That a mistress beloved is fairer in idea than in reality , is by Cowley thus expressed : Thou in my fancy dost much higher stand ...
... praise , which are often gained by those who think less , but are more diligent to adorn their thoughts . That a mistress beloved is fairer in idea than in reality , is by Cowley thus expressed : Thou in my fancy dost much higher stand ...
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... praise , there are , as there must be in all Cowley's compositions , some striking thoughts , but they are not well wrought . His elegy on sir Henry Wotton is vigorous and happy ; the series of thoughts is easy and natural ; and the ...
... praise , there are , as there must be in all Cowley's compositions , some striking thoughts , but they are not well wrought . His elegy on sir Henry Wotton is vigorous and happy ; the series of thoughts is easy and natural ; and the ...
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... praise , but little passion ; a very just and ample delineation of such virtues as a studious privacy admits , and such intel- lectual excellence as a mind not yet called forth to action can display . He knew how to distinguish , and ...
... praise , but little passion ; a very just and ample delineation of such virtues as a studious privacy admits , and such intel- lectual excellence as a mind not yet called forth to action can display . He knew how to distinguish , and ...
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