The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volumen1W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... and who , as she lived to the age of 80 , had her solicitude rewarded by seeing her son eminent , and , I hope , by seeing him fortunate , and partaking his prosperity . We know at least , from Sprat's account , that he COWLEY.
... and who , as she lived to the age of 80 , had her solicitude rewarded by seeing her son eminent , and , I hope , by seeing him fortunate , and partaking his prosperity . We know at least , from Sprat's account , that he COWLEY.
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... lived and acted with manners uncommuni- cable ; so that it is difficult even for imagination to place us in the state of them whose story is related ; and , by consequence , their joys and griefs are not easily adopted , nor can the ...
... lived and acted with manners uncommuni- cable ; so that it is difficult even for imagination to place us in the state of them whose story is related ; and , by consequence , their joys and griefs are not easily adopted , nor can the ...
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... lived five years , in which time he is said to have read all the Greek and Latin writers . With what limitations this universality is to be understood , who shall inform us ? It might be supposed , that he who read so much should have ...
... lived five years , in which time he is said to have read all the Greek and Latin writers . With what limitations this universality is to be understood , who shall inform us ? It might be supposed , that he who read so much should have ...
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... lived at Horton , he used sometimes to steal from his studies a few days , which he spent at Harefield , the house of the countess dowager of Derby , where the Arcades made part of a dramatic entertainment . He began now to grow weary ...
... lived at Horton , he used sometimes to steal from his studies a few days , which he spent at Harefield , the house of the countess dowager of Derby , where the Arcades made part of a dramatic entertainment . He began now to grow weary ...
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... lived longer in this place than in any other . He was now busied by Paradise Lost . Whence he drew the original design has been variously conjectured , by men who cannot bear to think themselves ignorant of that which , at last ...
... lived longer in this place than in any other . He was now busied by Paradise Lost . Whence he drew the original design has been variously conjectured , by men who cannot bear to think themselves ignorant of that which , at last ...
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