LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... verses on Oliver's death . " . This is no favourable representation , yet even in this not much wrong can be discovered . How far he complied with the men in power , is to be enquired before he can be blamed . It is not said that he ...
... verses on Oliver's death . " . This is no favourable representation , yet even in this not much wrong can be discovered . How far he complied with the men in power , is to be enquired before he can be blamed . It is not said that he ...
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... verses intermixed , but such as certainly gained its author no friends among the abettors of usurpation . A doctor ... verse ; the third and fourth ,, the beauties of Flowers in various measures ; and in the fifth and sixth ; the ...
... verses intermixed , but such as certainly gained its author no friends among the abettors of usurpation . A doctor ... verse ; the third and fourth ,, the beauties of Flowers in various measures ; and in the fifth and sixth ; the ...
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... verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so imperfect , that they were only found to be verses by counting the syllables . If the father of criticim has rightly ...
... verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so imperfect , that they were only found to be verses by counting the syllables . If the father of criticim has rightly ...
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... verses we have an allusion to a Rabbinical opinion con- cerning Manna : Variety I ask not : give me one To live perpetually upon . The Person Love does to us fit , Like manna , has the taste of all in it . Thus Donne shews his medicinal ...
... verses we have an allusion to a Rabbinical opinion con- cerning Manna : Variety I ask not : give me one To live perpetually upon . The Person Love does to us fit , Like manna , has the taste of all in it . Thus Donne shews his medicinal ...
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... verses to Davenant , which are vigorously begun , and happily con- cluded , contain some hints of criticism very ... verses for Reason is a passage which Bentley , in the only English verses which he is known to have written ...
... verses to Davenant , which are vigorously begun , and happily con- cluded , contain some hints of criticism very ... verses for Reason is a passage which Bentley , in the only English verses which he is known to have written ...
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