LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... wrote , " which was never inserted in any " collection of his works ; " but he altered the expression when the Lives were collected into volumes . The satire was added to Cowley's works by his desire . N. + Barnesii Anacreontem . Dr. J ...
... wrote , " which was never inserted in any " collection of his works ; " but he altered the expression when the Lives were collected into volumes . The satire was added to Cowley's works by his desire . N. + Barnesii Anacreontem . Dr. J ...
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... wrote 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 ...
... wrote 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 ...
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... wrote with abundant fertility , but negligent or unskilful selection ; with much thought , but with little imagery ; that he is never pathetick , and rarely sub- lime , but always either ingenious or learned , either acute or profound ...
... wrote with abundant fertility , but negligent or unskilful selection ; with much thought , but with little imagery ; that he is never pathetick , and rarely sub- lime , but always either ingenious or learned , either acute or profound ...
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... wrote and published " An Essay upon Gaming . " He seems to have divided his ftudies between law and poetry ; for , in 1636 , he translated the second book of the Eneid . Two years after , his father died ; and then , notwithstanding his ...
... wrote and published " An Essay upon Gaming . " He seems to have divided his ftudies between law and poetry ; for , in 1636 , he translated the second book of the Eneid . Two years after , his father died ; and then , notwithstanding his ...
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... wrote the poem on Prudence and Justice , and per- haps some of his other pieces : and as he appears , whenever any serious ques- tion comes before him , to have been a man of piety , he consecrated his poeti- cal powers to religion ...
... wrote the poem on Prudence and Justice , and per- haps some of his other pieces : and as he appears , whenever any serious ques- tion comes before him , to have been a man of piety , he consecrated his poeti- cal powers to religion ...
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