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Samuel Johnson. COWLEY . THE Life of Cowley , notwithstanding the penury of English biography , has been written by Dr. Sprat , an author whose pregnancy of imagination and elegance of language has deservedly set him ... ENGLISH POETS .
Samuel Johnson. COWLEY . THE Life of Cowley , notwithstanding the penury of English biography , has been written by Dr. Sprat , an author whose pregnancy of imagination and elegance of language has deservedly set him ... ENGLISH POETS .
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... English Poets , Cowley , Milton , and Pepe , might be said " to " lisp in numbers ; " and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy minds seems scarcely credible ...
... English Poets , Cowley , Milton , and Pepe , might be said " to " lisp in numbers ; " and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy minds seems scarcely credible ...
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... English literature , and shew such skill as raises our wish for more examples . The lines from Jersey are a very curious and pleasing specimen of the familiar descending to the burlesque . His two metrical disquisitions for and against ...
... English literature , and shew such skill as raises our wish for more examples . The lines from Jersey are a very curious and pleasing specimen of the familiar descending to the burlesque . His two metrical disquisitions for and against ...
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... English ode cannot be called a translation , it may be very properly consulted as a commentary . The spirit of Pindar is indeed not every where equally preserved . The following pretty lines are not such as his deep mouth was used to ...
... English ode cannot be called a translation , it may be very properly consulted as a commentary . The spirit of Pindar is indeed not every where equally preserved . The following pretty lines are not such as his deep mouth was used to ...
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... English literature . Of this silence and neglect , if the reason be inquired , it will be found partly in the choice of the subject , and partly in the performance of the work . Sacred History has been always read with submissive ...
... English literature . Of this silence and neglect , if the reason be inquired , it will be found partly in the choice of the subject , and partly in the performance of the work . Sacred History has been always read with submissive ...
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