The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1858 |
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Pagina 8
... King's party . Mr. Dryden , who went with Mr. Sprat to the first ex- hibition , related to Mr. Dennis , " That , when they told Cowley how little favour had been shewn him , he received the news of his ill - success , not with so much ...
... King's party . Mr. Dryden , who went with Mr. Sprat to the first ex- hibition , related to Mr. Dennis , " That , when they told Cowley how little favour had been shewn him , he received the news of his ill - success , not with so much ...
Pagina 11
... King Charles pronounced , That Mr. Cowley had not left behind him a better man in England . " He is represented by Dr. Sprat as the most amiable of mankind ; and this posthumous praise may safely be credited , as it has never been ...
... King Charles pronounced , That Mr. Cowley had not left behind him a better man in England . " He is represented by Dr. Sprat as the most amiable of mankind ; and this posthumous praise may safely be credited , as it has never been ...
Pagina 37
... kings , Joas at first does bright and glorious shew , In life's fresh morn his fame does early crow . Describing an ... king was plac'd alone , and o'er his head A well - wrought heaven of silk and gold was spread . Whatever he writes ...
... kings , Joas at first does bright and glorious shew , In life's fresh morn his fame does early crow . Describing an ... king was plac'd alone , and o'er his head A well - wrought heaven of silk and gold was spread . Whatever he writes ...
Pagina 49
... King : and , by whatever means , so far softened the ferocity of Hugh Peters , that by his intercession admission was procured . Of the King's con- descension he has given an account in the dedication of his works . He was afterwards ...
... King : and , by whatever means , so far softened the ferocity of Hugh Peters , that by his intercession admission was procured . Of the King's con- descension he has given an account in the dedication of his works . He was afterwards ...
Pagina 56
... King's party , for which he was a while persecuted ; but having , by his brother's interest , obtained permission to live in quiet , he supported himself so honourably by chamber- practice , that , soon after the accession of King James ...
... King's party , for which he was a while persecuted ; but having , by his brother's interest , obtained permission to live in quiet , he supported himself so honourably by chamber- practice , that , soon after the accession of King James ...
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