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... that scarcely any thing is distinctly known , but all is shewn confused and
enlarged through the mist of panegyric , ABRAHAM COWLEY was born in the
year one thousand six hundred and eighteen . His father was a grocer , whose
condition ...
... that scarcely any thing is distinctly known , but all is shewn confused and
enlarged through the mist of panegyric , ABRAHAM COWLEY was born in the
year one thousand six hundred and eighteen . His father was a grocer , whose
condition ...
Pagina 2
It is surely very difficult to tell any thing as it was heard , when Sprat could not
refrain from amplifying a commodious incident , though the book to which he
prefixed his narrative contained its confutation . A memory admitting some things
, and ...
It is surely very difficult to tell any thing as it was heard , when Sprat could not
refrain from amplifying a commodious incident , though the book to which he
prefixed his narrative contained its confutation . A memory admitting some things
, and ...
Pagina 5
At Paris , as secretary to Lord Jermyn , he was engaged in transacting things of
real importance with real men and real women ... Speaking of the Scotch treaty
then in agitation : “ The Scotch treaty , " says he , “ is the only thing now in which
we ...
At Paris , as secretary to Lord Jermyn , he was engaged in transacting things of
real importance with real men and real women ... Speaking of the Scotch treaty
then in agitation : “ The Scotch treaty , " says he , “ is the only thing now in which
we ...
Pagina 11
Wit , like all other things subject by their nature to the choice of man , has its
changes and fashions , and at different times ... cannot be said to have imitated
any thing : they neither copied nature nor life ; neither painted the forms of
COWLEY .
Wit , like all other things subject by their nature to the choice of man , has its
changes and fashions , and at different times ... cannot be said to have imitated
any thing : they neither copied nature nor life ; neither painted the forms of
COWLEY .
Pagina 15
Thus Donne shews his medicinal knowledge in some encomiastic verses : In
every thing there naturally grows A Balsainum to keep it fresh and new , If ' twere
not injur ' d by extrinsic blows ; Your youth and beauty are this balm in you . But
you ...
Thus Donne shews his medicinal knowledge in some encomiastic verses : In
every thing there naturally grows A Balsainum to keep it fresh and new , If ' twere
not injur ' d by extrinsic blows ; Your youth and beauty are this balm in you . But
you ...
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | The Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Volume 1 Volumes 418-419 van Collection of British authors Volumes 418-419 van Tauchnitz edition. Collection of British authors The Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Johnson Volume 1 van The lives of the english poets, Samuel Johnson |
| Auteur | Johnson |
| Uitgever | Tauchnitz, 1858 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | Universiteit Gent |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 16 juni 2008 |
| Lengte | 4 pagina's |
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