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... MILTON , 102 118 Life of BUTLER , 256 Life of ROCHESTER , 282 Life of RoscOMMON , 294 Life of OTWAY , 310 THE THE PORTRAITS . COWLEY , DENHAM , MILTON , BUTLER [ viii ]
... MILTON , 102 118 Life of BUTLER , 256 Life of ROCHESTER , 282 Life of RoscOMMON , 294 Life of OTWAY , 310 THE THE PORTRAITS . COWLEY , DENHAM , MILTON , BUTLER [ viii ]
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... Milton be compared ( for May I hold to be fu- perior to both ) , the advantage feems to lie on the fide of Cowley . Milton is generally con- * By May's Poem , we are here to understand a continuation of Lucan's Pharfalia to the death of ...
... Milton be compared ( for May I hold to be fu- perior to both ) , the advantage feems to lie on the fide of Cowley . Milton is generally con- * By May's Poem , we are here to understand a continuation of Lucan's Pharfalia to the death of ...
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... of his letters accidentally pre- ferved by Peck , which I recommend to the confideration of all that may hereafter pant for folitude . * L'Allegro of Milton . Dr. J. " To " To Dr. THOMAS SPRAT . 66 Chertsey , 21 26 COWLEY .
... of his letters accidentally pre- ferved by Peck , which I recommend to the confideration of all that may hereafter pant for folitude . * L'Allegro of Milton . Dr. J. " To " To Dr. THOMAS SPRAT . 66 Chertsey , 21 26 COWLEY .
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... Milton . Denham and Waller fought an- other way to fame , by improving the harmony of our numbers . Milton tried the metaphyfick ftyle only in his lines upon Hobfon the Carrier . Cowley adopted it , and excelled his predeceffors ...
... Milton . Denham and Waller fought an- other way to fame , by improving the harmony of our numbers . Milton tried the metaphyfick ftyle only in his lines upon Hobfon the Carrier . Cowley adopted it , and excelled his predeceffors ...
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... Milton seems to have borrowed from him . He says of Goliah , His fpear , the trunk was of a lofty tree , Which Nature meant fome tall ship's mast fhould be . Milton of Satan : His fpear , to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on ...
... Milton seems to have borrowed from him . He says of Goliah , His fpear , the trunk was of a lofty tree , Which Nature meant fome tall ship's mast fhould be . Milton of Satan : His fpear , to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on ...
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