Lives of the English Poets: Cowley-DrydenOctagon Books, 1967 - 568 páginas |
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... shew 51 their learning was their whole endeavour ; but , unluckily resolv- ing to shew it in rhyme , instead of writing poetry they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the car ...
... shew 51 their learning was their whole endeavour ; but , unluckily resolv- ing to shew it in rhyme , instead of writing poetry they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the car ...
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... shew . Each leaf did learned notions give , And th ' apples were demonstrative : So clear their colour and divine ... shews his medicinal knowledge in some encomias- 68 tick verses : I ' In every thing there naturally grows A balsamum to ...
... shew . Each leaf did learned notions give , And th ' apples were demonstrative : So clear their colour and divine ... shews his medicinal knowledge in some encomias- 68 tick verses : I ' In every thing there naturally grows A balsamum to ...
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Samuel Johnson George Birkbeck Norman Hill. 78 79 In this second Defence he shews that his eloquence is not merely ... shew its servility , but its elegance is less attainable . Having exposed the unskilfulness or selfishness of the ...
Samuel Johnson George Birkbeck Norman Hill. 78 79 In this second Defence he shews that his eloquence is not merely ... shew its servility , but its elegance is less attainable . Having exposed the unskilfulness or selfishness of the ...
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