The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... those which we find in the French Mifcellanies , containing a few dates and a general character ; but I have been led beyond my intention , I hope , by the honeft defire of giving useful pleasure . In this minute kind of History , the ...
... those which we find in the French Mifcellanies , containing a few dates and a general character ; but I have been led beyond my intention , I hope , by the honeft defire of giving useful pleasure . In this minute kind of History , the ...
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... those who attended the King , and amongst others of Lord Falkland , whofe notice caft a luftre on all to whom it was extended . About the time when Oxford was furrendered to the parliament , he followed the Queen to Paris , where he ...
... those who attended the King , and amongst others of Lord Falkland , whofe notice caft a luftre on all to whom it was extended . About the time when Oxford was furrendered to the parliament , he followed the Queen to Paris , where he ...
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... Those writers who lay on the watch for novelty could have little hope of greatnefs ; for great things cannot have efcaped former obfervation . Their attempts were always analytick ; they broke every image into fragments ; and could no ...
... Those writers who lay on the watch for novelty could have little hope of greatnefs ; for great things cannot have efcaped former obfervation . Their attempts were always analytick ; they broke every image into fragments ; and could no ...
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... ingenious abfur- dity has thrown together , genuine wit and ufeful knowledge may be fometimes found buried perhaps in groffness of expreffion , but useful to those who know know their value ; and fuch as , when they 2.2 COWLEY .
... ingenious abfur- dity has thrown together , genuine wit and ufeful knowledge may be fometimes found buried perhaps in groffness of expreffion , but useful to those who know know their value ; and fuch as , when they 2.2 COWLEY .
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... those who think lefs , but are more diligent to adorn their thoughts . That a Miftrefs beloved is fairer in idea than in reality , is by Cowley thus expreffed : Thou in my fancy doft much higher stand , Than woman can be plac'd by ...
... those who think lefs , but are more diligent to adorn their thoughts . That a Miftrefs beloved is fairer in idea than in reality , is by Cowley thus expreffed : Thou in my fancy doft much higher stand , Than woman can be plac'd by ...
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