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... rious knowledge ; and by Jonfon , whofe , manner refembled that of Donne more in the ruggedness of his lines than in the caft of his fentiments . VOL . I. D When When their reputation was high , they had undoubtedly more COWLEY . 33.
... rious knowledge ; and by Jonfon , whofe , manner refembled that of Donne more in the ruggedness of his lines than in the caft of his fentiments . VOL . I. D When When their reputation was high , they had undoubtedly more COWLEY . 33.
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... lines upon Hobfon the Carrier . Cowley adopted it , and excelled his predeceffors , having as much fentiment and more musick . Suckling neither improved verfification , nor abounded in conceits . The fashionable style remained chiefly ...
... lines upon Hobfon the Carrier . Cowley adopted it , and excelled his predeceffors , having as much fentiment and more musick . Suckling neither improved verfification , nor abounded in conceits . The fashionable style remained chiefly ...
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... lines of Donne , on the last night of the year , have fomething in them too fcholaftic , they are not inelegant : This twilight of two years , not past nor next , Some emblem is of me , or I of this , Who , meteor - like , of stuff and ...
... lines of Donne , on the last night of the year , have fomething in them too fcholaftic , they are not inelegant : This twilight of two years , not past nor next , Some emblem is of me , or I of this , Who , meteor - like , of stuff and ...
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... lines are not easily understood , they may be read again : On a round ball A workman , that hath copies by , can lay An Europe , Afric , and an Afia , And quickly make that , which was nothing , all . So doth each tear , Which thee doth ...
... lines are not easily understood , they may be read again : On a round ball A workman , that hath copies by , can lay An Europe , Afric , and an Afia , And quickly make that , which was nothing , all . So doth each tear , Which thee doth ...
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Samuel Johnson. On reading the following lines , the reader may perhaps cry out - Confufion worse con- founded . Here ... lines fo many remote ideas could be brought together ? Since ' tis my doom , Love's underfhrieve , Why this reprieve ...
Samuel Johnson. On reading the following lines , the reader may perhaps cry out - Confufion worse con- founded . Here ... lines fo many remote ideas could be brought together ? Since ' tis my doom , Love's underfhrieve , Why this reprieve ...
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The Lives of the English Poets: and a Criticism of Their Work Samuel Johnson Visualização completa - 1795 |
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