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... . COWLEY , DENHAM , MILTON , p . I 105 123 BUTLER , ROCHESTER , ROSCOMMON , OTWAY , WALLER , 272 292 312 1 330 339 POMFRET , 422 DORSET , 425 STEPNEY , 431 J. PHILIPS , 435 WALSH , 461 1 BRITISH MUSEUNT n COW LE Y. T HE Life [ i 1 ]
... . COWLEY , DENHAM , MILTON , p . I 105 123 BUTLER , ROCHESTER , ROSCOMMON , OTWAY , WALLER , 272 292 312 1 330 339 POMFRET , 422 DORSET , 425 STEPNEY , 431 J. PHILIPS , 435 WALSH , 461 1 BRITISH MUSEUNT n COW LE Y. T HE Life [ i 1 ]
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... Waller , Denham , Cowley , Cleiveland , and Milton . Denham and Wal- ler fought another way to fame , by im- proving the harmony of our numbers . Mil- ton tried the metaphyfick ftyle only in his lines upon Hobfon the Carrier . Cowley ...
... Waller , Denham , Cowley , Cleiveland , and Milton . Denham and Wal- ler fought another way to fame , by im- proving the harmony of our numbers . Mil- ton tried the metaphyfick ftyle only in his lines upon Hobfon the Carrier . Cowley ...
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... Waller never could produce . The bulk of his thoughts fometimes fwelled his verse to unexpected and inevitable grandeur ; but his excellence of this kind is merely fortuitous : he finks willingly down to his general care- leffness ...
... Waller never could produce . The bulk of his thoughts fometimes fwelled his verse to unexpected and inevitable grandeur ; but his excellence of this kind is merely fortuitous : he finks willingly down to his general care- leffness ...
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... Waller remarked , " that he broke out like the Irish rebellion three score thousand strong when nobody was aware , or in the leaft fufpected it ; " an observation which could have had no pro- priety , had his poetical abilities been ...
... Waller remarked , " that he broke out like the Irish rebellion three score thousand strong when nobody was aware , or in the leaft fufpected it ; " an observation which could have had no pro- priety , had his poetical abilities been ...
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... Waller , " fays Prior , " improved our " verfification , and Dryden perfected it . " He has given fpecimens of various compo- fition , defcriptive , ludicrous , didactick , and fublime . He appears to have had , in common with almost ...
... Waller , " fays Prior , " improved our " verfification , and Dryden perfected it . " He has given fpecimens of various compo- fition , defcriptive , ludicrous , didactick , and fublime . He appears to have had , in common with almost ...
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