The lives of the most eminent English poetsJ. Buckland, 1787 |
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... himself the labour . Among the English poets , Cowley , Milton , and Pope , might be faid " to lifp in numbers ; " and have given fuch early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy ...
... himself the labour . Among the English poets , Cowley , Milton , and Pope , might be faid " to lifp in numbers ; " and have given fuch early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy ...
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... himself at St. John's College in Oxford ; where , as is faid by Wood , he published a fatire , called " The Puritan and Papift , " which was only inferted in the last collection of his works ; and fo diftinguished himself by the warmth ...
... himself at St. John's College in Oxford ; where , as is faid by Wood , he published a fatire , called " The Puritan and Papift , " which was only inferted in the last collection of his works ; and fo diftinguished himself by the warmth ...
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... himself charged with treafon or pe- culation , and heats his mind . to an elaborate purgation of his character from crimes which he was never within the poffibility of committing , differs only by the infrequency of his folly from him ...
... himself charged with treafon or pe- culation , and heats his mind . to an elaborate purgation of his character from crimes which he was never within the poffibility of committing , differs only by the infrequency of his folly from him ...
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... himself expell'd : Let him for fuccour fue from place to place , Torn from his fubjects and his fon's embrace . First let him fee his friends in battle flain , And their untimely fate lament in vain : And when , at length , the cruel ...
... himself expell'd : Let him for fuccour fue from place to place , Torn from his fubjects and his fon's embrace . First let him fee his friends in battle flain , And their untimely fate lament in vain : And when , at length , the cruel ...
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... himself to fome of the American planta- ❝tions , and to forfake this world for ever . " From the obloquy which the appearance of sub- miffion to the ufurpers brought upon him , his bio- grapher has been very diligent to clear him , and ...
... himself to fome of the American planta- ❝tions , and to forfake this world for ever . " From the obloquy which the appearance of sub- miffion to the ufurpers brought upon him , his bio- grapher has been very diligent to clear him , and ...
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