The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their WorksG. Clark and son, 1847 - 644 pàgines |
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... told Mr. Bois that you would . This is what they call Monstri simile . I do hope to recover my late hurt so far within five or six days ( though it be uncertain yet whe- ther I shall ever recover it , ) as to walk about again . And then ...
... told Mr. Bois that you would . This is what they call Monstri simile . I do hope to recover my late hurt so far within five or six days ( though it be uncertain yet whe- ther I shall ever recover it , ) as to walk about again . And then ...
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... told of Theron's bounty , with a hint that he had enemies which Cowley thus enlarges in rhyming prose : But in this thankless world the giver Is envied even by the receiver ; ' Tis now the cheap and frugal fashion , Rather to hide than ...
... told of Theron's bounty , with a hint that he had enemies which Cowley thus enlarges in rhyming prose : But in this thankless world the giver Is envied even by the receiver ; ' Tis now the cheap and frugal fashion , Rather to hide than ...
Pàgina 34
... told that Saul was troubled with an evil spirit ; from this Cowley takes an opportunity of describing Hell , and telling the history of Lucifer , who was , he says , Once general of a gilded host of sprites , Like Hesper leading forth ...
... told that Saul was troubled with an evil spirit ; from this Cowley takes an opportunity of describing Hell , and telling the history of Lucifer , who was , he says , Once general of a gilded host of sprites , Like Hesper leading forth ...
Pàgina 37
... told , and been dismissed to improve the idea in our different pro- portions of conception ; but Cowley could not let us go till he had related where Gabriel got first his skin , and then his mantle , then his lace , and then his scarf ...
... told , and been dismissed to improve the idea in our different pro- portions of conception ; but Cowley could not let us go till he had related where Gabriel got first his skin , and then his mantle , then his lace , and then his scarf ...
Pàgina 39
... told ; But should I love , get , tell , till I were old , I should not find that hidden mystery ; Oh , ' tis imposture all ! And as no chymic yet th ' elixir got ,? But glorifies his pregnant pot , If by the way to him befal Some ...
... told ; But should I love , get , tell , till I were old , I should not find that hidden mystery ; Oh , ' tis imposture all ! And as no chymic yet th ' elixir got ,? But glorifies his pregnant pot , If by the way to him befal Some ...
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