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Pagina 2
... of Farnham castle for the king ; but he soon resigned that charge , and
retreated to Oxford , where , in 1643 , he published Cooper's Hill . This poem had
such reputation as to excite the common artifice by which envy degrades
excellence .
... of Farnham castle for the king ; but he soon resigned that charge , and
retreated to Oxford , where , in 1643 , he published Cooper's Hill . This poem had
such reputation as to excite the common artifice by which envy degrades
excellence .
Pagina 6
... that this image is to be found in Bacon . Aristoteles , more otthomannorum ,
regnare se haud tuto posse putabat , nisi fratres suos omnes contrucidasset . De
Augment . Scient . lib . 3 . The excellence of these lines is greater , as the 6
DENHAM.
... that this image is to be found in Bacon . Aristoteles , more otthomannorum ,
regnare se haud tuto posse putabat , nisi fratres suos omnes contrucidasset . De
Augment . Scient . lib . 3 . The excellence of these lines is greater , as the 6
DENHAM.
Pagina 7
The excellence of these lines is greater , as the truth which they contain was not ,
at that time , generally known . His poem on the death of Cowley was his last ,
and , among his shorter works , his best performance : the numbers are musical ...
The excellence of these lines is greater , as the truth which they contain was not ,
at that time , generally known . His poem on the death of Cowley was his last ,
and , among his shorter works , his best performance : the numbers are musical ...
Pagina 8
But so much meaning is comprised in so few words ; the particulars of
resemblance are so perspicaciously collected , and every mode of excellence
separated from its adjacent fault by so nice a line of limitation ; the different parts
of the ...
But so much meaning is comprised in so few words ; the particulars of
resemblance are so perspicaciously collected , and every mode of excellence
separated from its adjacent fault by so nice a line of limitation ; the different parts
of the ...
Pagina 50
These are very imperfect rudiments of Paradise Lost ; but it is pleasant to see
great works in their seminal state , pregnant with latent possibilities of excellence
; nor could there be any more delightful entertainment than to trace their gradual
...
These are very imperfect rudiments of Paradise Lost ; but it is pleasant to see
great works in their seminal state , pregnant with latent possibilities of excellence
; nor could there be any more delightful entertainment than to trace their gradual
...
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