The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 6F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... numbers ; " and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of lan- guage , but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy minds seem scarcely credible . But of the learned puerilities of Cowley there is no doubt , since a ...
... numbers ; " and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of lan- guage , but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy minds seem scarcely credible . But of the learned puerilities of Cowley there is no doubt , since a ...
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... numbers in th ' unequal field , His men discourag'd and himself expell'd : Let him for succour sue from place to place , Torn from his subjects and his son's embrace . First let him see his friends in battle slain , And their untimely ...
... numbers in th ' unequal field , His men discourag'd and himself expell'd : Let him for succour sue from place to place , Torn from his subjects and his son's embrace . First let him see his friends in battle slain , And their untimely ...
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... numbers . At the same time were produced , from the same University , the two great poets , Cowley and Milton , of dissimilar genius , of opposite principles ; but con- curring in the cultivation of Latin Poetry , in which the English ...
... numbers . At the same time were produced , from the same University , the two great poets , Cowley and Milton , of dissimilar genius , of opposite principles ; but con- curring in the cultivation of Latin Poetry , in which the English ...
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Samuel Johnson. general hope , that great numbers were inevitably disappointed ; and Cowley found his reward very tediously delayed . He had been promised by both Charles the First and Second , the Mastership of the Savoy ; " but he lost ...
Samuel Johnson. general hope , that great numbers were inevitably disappointed ; and Cowley found his reward very tediously delayed . He had been promised by both Charles the First and Second , the Mastership of the Savoy ; " but he lost ...
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... numbers . Milton tried the metaphysic style only in his lines upon Hobson the Carrier . Cowley adopted it , and excelled his predecessors , having as much sentiment and more musick . Suckling neither improved versification , nor ...
... numbers . Milton tried the metaphysic style only in his lines upon Hobson the Carrier . Cowley adopted it , and excelled his predecessors , having as much sentiment and more musick . Suckling neither improved versification , nor ...
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