The Works of the English Poets, Volume 1J. Buckland, 1790 |
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... faid " to lifp in numbers ; " and have given fuch early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehenfion of things , as to more tardy minds feems fcarcely credible . But of the learned puerilities of Cow- ley there is no ...
... faid " to lifp in numbers ; " and have given fuch early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehenfion of things , as to more tardy minds feems fcarcely credible . But of the learned puerilities of Cow- ley there is no ...
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... faid to have written , while he was yet a young ftudent , the greater part of his Davideis ; " a work of which the mate- rials could not have been collected without the study of many years , but by a mind of the greatest vigour and ...
... faid to have written , while he was yet a young ftudent , the greater part of his Davideis ; " a work of which the mate- rials could not have been collected without the study of many years , but by a mind of the greatest vigour and ...
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... faid by Wood , he published a fatire , called " The Pu- " ritan and Papift , " which was only inferted in the laft collection of his works * ; and fo diftin- guished himself by the warmth of his loyalty , and the elegance of his ...
... faid by Wood , he published a fatire , called " The Pu- " ritan and Papift , " which was only inferted in the laft collection of his works * ; and fo diftin- guished himself by the warmth of his loyalty , and the elegance of his ...
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... faid that king Charles I. and lord Falkland , being in the Bodleian library , made this experiment of their future fortunes , and met with paffages equally ominous to each . That of the king was the following : At bello audacis populi ...
... faid that king Charles I. and lord Falkland , being in the Bodleian library , made this experiment of their future fortunes , and met with paffages equally ominous to each . That of the king was the following : At bello audacis populi ...
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... power , is to be enquired before he can be blamed . It is not faid that he told them any fecrets , or af- fifted them by intelligence , or any other act . If he he only promised to be quiet , that they in 18 COWLEY .
... power , is to be enquired before he can be blamed . It is not faid that he told them any fecrets , or af- fifted them by intelligence , or any other act . If he he only promised to be quiet , that they in 18 COWLEY .
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