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... , ' tis thought , a rebuke , Unless he had done fome notable folly ; Writ verfes unjustly in praise of Sam Tuke , Or printed his pitiful Melancholy . His His vehement defire of retirement now came again upon him 22 COWLEY .
... , ' tis thought , a rebuke , Unless he had done fome notable folly ; Writ verfes unjustly in praise of Sam Tuke , Or printed his pitiful Melancholy . His His vehement defire of retirement now came again upon him 22 COWLEY .
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... praise may fafely be credited , as it has never been contradicted by envy or by faction . Such are the remarks and memorials which I have been able to add to the narrative of Dr. Sprat ; who , writing when the feuds of the civil war ...
... praise may fafely be credited , as it has never been contradicted by envy or by faction . Such are the remarks and memorials which I have been able to add to the narrative of Dr. Sprat ; who , writing when the feuds of the civil war ...
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... praise , there are , as there must be in all Cowley's compofitions , fome striking thoughts , but they are not well wrought . His elegy on Sir Henry Wotton is vigorous and happy , the series of thoughts is easy and natural , and the ...
... praise , there are , as there must be in all Cowley's compofitions , fome striking thoughts , but they are not well wrought . His elegy on Sir Henry Wotton is vigorous and happy , the series of thoughts is easy and natural , and the ...
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... power seems to have been greatesft in the fa- miliar and the feftive . The next clafs of his poems is called The Miftrefs , of which it is not neceffary to select any any particular pieces for praise or cenfure . They have COWLEY . 63.
... power seems to have been greatesft in the fa- miliar and the feftive . The next clafs of his poems is called The Miftrefs , of which it is not neceffary to select any any particular pieces for praise or cenfure . They have COWLEY . 63.
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Samuel Johnson. any particular pieces for praise or cenfure . They have all the fame beauties and faults , and nearly ... praises are too far sought , and too hyperbolical , either to express love , or to excite it ; every ftanza is ...
Samuel Johnson. any particular pieces for praise or cenfure . They have all the fame beauties and faults , and nearly ... praises are too far sought , and too hyperbolical , either to express love , or to excite it ; every ftanza is ...
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