Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1J. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1925 - 404 pagina's |
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... Cowley . There is no reason for supposing that he ever attempted practice ; but his preparatory studies have contributed some- thing to the honour of his country . Considering botany as necessary to a physician , he retired into Kent to ...
... Cowley . There is no reason for supposing that he ever attempted practice ; but his preparatory studies have contributed some- thing to the honour of his country . Considering botany as necessary to a physician , he retired into Kent to ...
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... Cowley that Wit , which had been till then used for Intellection , in contradistinction to Will , took the meaning , whatever it be , which it now [ 1779 ] bears . Of all the passages in which poets have exemplified their own precepts ...
... Cowley that Wit , which had been till then used for Intellection , in contradistinction to Will , took the meaning , whatever it be , which it now [ 1779 ] bears . Of all the passages in which poets have exemplified their own precepts ...
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... Cowley certainly errs by intro- ducing pedantry far more frequently than Tasso . I know not , indeed , why they should be compared ; for the resemblance of Cowley's work to Tasso's is only that they both exhibit the agency of celestial ...
... Cowley certainly errs by intro- ducing pedantry far more frequently than Tasso . I know not , indeed , why they should be compared ; for the resemblance of Cowley's work to Tasso's is only that they both exhibit the agency of celestial ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
GEORGE GRANVILLE LORD Lansdown 1665173435 | 35 |
INTRODUCTION by L ArcherHind | 44 |
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