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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... , who , in an age rude and uncultivated , by his tuneful homage to his Laura , refined the manners of the lettered world , and filled Europe with love and poetry . But the basis of all excellence is truth : he that professes love COWLEY .
... , who , in an age rude and uncultivated , by his tuneful homage to his Laura , refined the manners of the lettered world , and filled Europe with love and poetry . But the basis of all excellence is truth : he that professes love COWLEY .
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... 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 Virgilian lots , and to have given some credit to the answer of his oracle . 66 Some years ...
... 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 Virgilian lots , and to have given some credit to the answer of his oracle . 66 Some years ...
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... manners . He was satiated with the arts of a court ; which sort of life , though his virtue made it innocent to him , yet nothing could make it quiet . Those were the reasons that moved him to follow the violent inclination of his own ...
... manners . He was satiated with the arts of a court ; which sort of life , though his virtue made it innocent to him , yet nothing could make it quiet . Those were the reasons that moved him to follow the violent inclination of his own ...
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... manner resembled that of Donne more in the ruggedness of his lines than in the cast of his sentiments . When their reputation was high , they had un- doubtedly more imitators than time has left behind . Their immediate successors , of ...
... manner resembled that of Donne more in the ruggedness of his lines than in the cast of his sentiments . When their reputation was high , they had un- doubtedly more imitators than time has left behind . Their immediate successors , of ...
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... manners and real life , is read from age to age with equal pleasure . The artifices of inversion , by which the established or- der of words is changed , or of innovation , by which new words or meanings of words are introduced , is ...
... manners and real life , is read from age to age with equal pleasure . The artifices of inversion , by which the established or- der of words is changed , or of innovation , by which new words or meanings of words are introduced , is ...
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