LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... poetical dedication to Sir Kenelm Digby ; of whose acquaintance all his contemporaries seem to have been ambitious ; and " Naufragium Joculare , " a comedy written in Latin , but without due attention to the ancient models ; for it is ...
... poetical dedication to Sir Kenelm Digby ; of whose acquaintance all his contemporaries seem to have been ambitious ; and " Naufragium Joculare , " a comedy written in Latin , but without due attention to the ancient models ; for it is ...
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... poetical language , the foresight of events hatching in futurity ; but hav- ing once an egg in his mind , he cannot ... poetically , express- ed by Casimir , a writer , who has many of the beauties and faults of Cowley : Omnibus ...
... poetical language , the foresight of events hatching in futurity ; but hav- ing once an egg in his mind , he cannot ... poetically , express- ed by Casimir , a writer , who has many of the beauties and faults of Cowley : Omnibus ...
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... poetical reputation , that I am not willing to dismiss them with unabated censure ; and surely though the mode of their composition be erroneous , yet many parts de- serve at least that admiration which is due to great comprehension of ...
... poetical reputation , that I am not willing to dismiss them with unabated censure ; and surely though the mode of their composition be erroneous , yet many parts de- serve at least that admiration which is due to great comprehension of ...
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... poetical em- ́bellishments , the writer brought little that could reconcile impatience , or attract curiosity . Nothing can be more disgusting than a narrative spangled with conceits , and conceits are all that the Davideis supplies ...
... poetical em- ́bellishments , the writer brought little that could reconcile impatience , or attract curiosity . Nothing can be more disgusting than a narrative spangled with conceits , and conceits are all that the Davideis supplies ...
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... poetical abilities been known before . He was after that pricked for sheriff of Surrey , and made governor of Farn- ham Castle for the king ; but he soon resigned that charge ,, and retreated to Oxford , where , in 1643 , he published ...
... poetical abilities been known before . He was after that pricked for sheriff of Surrey , and made governor of Farn- ham Castle for the king ; but he soon resigned that charge ,, and retreated to Oxford , where , in 1643 , he published ...
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