The lives of the most eminent English poets, with critical observations on their works, Volum 1G. Walker, J. Akerman, E. Edwards, W. Robinson and Sons, Liverpool, E. Thomson, Manchester, J. Noble, Hull, J. Wilson, Berwick, W. Whyte and Company, Edinburgh, and R. Griffin and Company, Glasgow, 1820 |
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... , he appears to have considered as injurious to his repu- tation ; though , during the suppression of the thea- tres , it was sometimes privately acted with sufficient approbation . In 1643 , being now master of arts , he 4 COWLEY .
... , he appears to have considered as injurious to his repu- tation ; though , during the suppression of the thea- tres , it was sometimes privately acted with sufficient approbation . In 1643 , being now master of arts , he 4 COWLEY .
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... considered as merely ludicrous , or at most as an ostentatious display of scholarship ; but the manners of that time were so tinged with su- perstition , that I cannot but suspect Cowley of ha- ving consulted on this great occasion the ...
... considered as merely ludicrous , or at most as an ostentatious display of scholarship ; but the manners of that time were so tinged with su- perstition , that I cannot but suspect Cowley of ha- ving consulted on this great occasion the ...
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... considered as a satire on the royal- ists . That he might shorten this tedious suspense , he published his pretensions and his discontent , in an ode called " The Complaint ; " in which he styles himself the melancholy Cowley . This met ...
... considered as a satire on the royal- ists . That he might shorten this tedious suspense , he published his pretensions and his discontent , in an ode called " The Complaint ; " in which he styles himself the melancholy Cowley . This met ...
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... considered only as a slender supplement . Cowley , like other poets who have written with narrow views , and , instead of tracing intellectual pleasures in the minds of men , paid their court to * Now in the possession of Mr Clark ...
... considered only as a slender supplement . Cowley , like other poets who have written with narrow views , and , instead of tracing intellectual pleasures in the minds of men , paid their court to * Now in the possession of Mr Clark ...
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... considered as wit which is at once natural and new , that which , though not obvious , is , upon its first production , acknowledged to be just ; if it be that which he that never found it , wonders how he missed ; to wit of this kind ...
... considered as wit which is at once natural and new , that which , though not obvious , is , upon its first production , acknowledged to be just ; if it be that which he that never found it , wonders how he missed ; to wit of this kind ...
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