The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 1Methuen, 1896 |
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Pàgina xxiii
... appears to have had , in common with almost all mankind , the ambition of being on proper occa- sions a merry fellow , and , in common with most of them , to have been by nature or by early habit debarred from it ' ; and this on Mallet ...
... appears to have had , in common with almost all mankind , the ambition of being on proper occa- sions a merry fellow , and , in common with most of them , to have been by nature or by early habit debarred from it ' ; and this on Mallet ...
Pàgina xxv
... appears in his books something like a Turkish contempt of females , as subordinate and inferior beings . That his own daughters might not break the ranks , he suffered them to be depressed by a mean and penurious education . He thought ...
... appears in his books something like a Turkish contempt of females , as subordinate and inferior beings . That his own daughters might not break the ranks , he suffered them to be depressed by a mean and penurious education . He thought ...
Pàgina 3
... appears to have considered as injurious to his reputation ; though , during the suppression of the theatres , it was sometimes privately acted with sufficient approbation . In 1643 , being now Master of Arts , he was , by the pre ...
... appears to have considered as injurious to his reputation ; though , during the suppression of the theatres , it was sometimes privately acted with sufficient approbation . In 1643 , being now Master of Arts , he was , by the pre ...
Pàgina 5
... appear the champion as the poet of an ' airy nothing , ' and to quarrel as to write for what Cowley might have learned from his master Pindar to call the ' dream of a shadow . ' - It is surely not difficult , in the solitude of a ...
... appear the champion as the poet of an ' airy nothing , ' and to quarrel as to write for what Cowley might have learned from his master Pindar to call the ' dream of a shadow . ' - It is surely not difficult , in the solitude of a ...
Pàgina 8
... appears busy among the experimental philosophers with the title of Doctor Cowley . There is no reason for supposing that he ever attempted practice ; but his preparatory studies have contributed some- thing to the honour of his country ...
... appears busy among the experimental philosophers with the title of Doctor Cowley . There is no reason for supposing that he ever attempted practice ; but his preparatory studies have contributed some- thing to the honour of his country ...
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