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Pagina 122
Yet surely those verses are not without a just claim to praise ; of which it may be
said with truth , that no man but Cowley could have written them . The ' Davideis '
now remains to be considered ; a poem which the author designed to have ...
Yet surely those verses are not without a just claim to praise ; of which it may be
said with truth , that no man but Cowley could have written them . The ' Davideis '
now remains to be considered ; a poem which the author designed to have ...
Pagina 366
The copious notes with which the version is accompanied , and by which it is
recommended to many readers , though they were undoubtedly written to swell
the volumes , ought not to pass without praise : commentaries which attract the ...
The copious notes with which the version is accompanied , and by which it is
recommended to many readers , though they were undoubtedly written to swell
the volumes , ought not to pass without praise : commentaries which attract the ...
Pagina 405
But it must be at least confessed , that to embellish the form of nature is an
innocent amusement ; and some praise must be allowed by the most supercilious
observer to him , who does best what such multitudes are contending to do well .
But it must be at least confessed , that to embellish the form of nature is an
innocent amusement ; and some praise must be allowed by the most supercilious
observer to him , who does best what such multitudes are contending to do well .
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