The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... sent back into England , that , " under pretence of privacy and retirement , he might take occasion of giving notice of the posture of things in this nation . " Soon after his return to London , he was seized by some messengers of the ...
... sent back into England , that , " under pretence of privacy and retirement , he might take occasion of giving notice of the posture of things in this nation . " Soon after his return to London , he was seized by some messengers of the ...
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... by that impression grow , Till thy tears , mixt with mine , do overflow This world , by waters sent from thee , my heaven , dissolved so . VOL . I. C On reading the following lines , the reader may perhaps COWLEY . 25.
... by that impression grow , Till thy tears , mixt with mine , do overflow This world , by waters sent from thee , my heaven , dissolved so . VOL . I. C On reading the following lines , the reader may perhaps COWLEY . 25.
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... sent estimation , the line that admits them , were in the time of Cowley little censured or avoided ; how often he used them , and with how bad an effect , at least to our ears , will appear by a passage , in which every reader will ...
... sent estimation , the line that admits them , were in the time of Cowley little censured or avoided ; how often he used them , and with how bad an effect , at least to our ears , will appear by a passage , in which every reader will ...
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... sent to Oxford , where he was considered as a dreaming young man , given more to dice and cards than study : " and therefore gave no prognostics of his future eminence ; nor was suspected to conceal , under sluggish- ness and laxity , a ...
... sent to Oxford , where he was considered as a dreaming young man , given more to dice and cards than study : " and therefore gave no prognostics of his future eminence ; nor was suspected to conceal , under sluggish- ness and laxity , a ...
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... sent to St. Paul's school , under the care of mr . Gill ; and removed , in the beginning of his sixteenth year , to Christ's college in Cambridge , where he entered a sizar , Feb. 12 , 1624 . He was at this time eminently skilled in the ...
... sent to St. Paul's school , under the care of mr . Gill ; and removed , in the beginning of his sixteenth year , to Christ's college in Cambridge , where he entered a sizar , Feb. 12 , 1624 . He was at this time eminently skilled in the ...
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