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Pagina 43
... tion of his genius . " He was , " we are told , " of a na- ture exceedingly humane and compassionate , ready to forgive injuries , and capable of a sincere recon- ciliation with those that had offended him . His friendship , where he ...
... tion of his genius . " He was , " we are told , " of a na- ture exceedingly humane and compassionate , ready to forgive injuries , and capable of a sincere recon- ciliation with those that had offended him . His friendship , where he ...
Pagina 89
... tion , in which the argument suffers little from the metre . In the poem on The Birth of the Prince of Wales nothing is very remarkable but the exorbitant adula- tion , and that insensibility of the precipice on which the King was then ...
... tion , in which the argument suffers little from the metre . In the poem on The Birth of the Prince of Wales nothing is very remarkable but the exorbitant adula- tion , and that insensibility of the precipice on which the King was then ...
Pagina 333
... tion and ambitions : to know whether he disentangled himself from these perverters of epistolary integrity his book and his life must be set in comparison . One of his favourite topics is contempt of his own poetry . For this , if it ...
... tion and ambitions : to know whether he disentangled himself from these perverters of epistolary integrity his book and his life must be set in comparison . One of his favourite topics is contempt of his own poetry . For this , if it ...
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From The Life of Abraham Cowley | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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