Cowley, Denham, MiltonAlexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
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... labour . Among the English poets , Cowley , Milton , and Pope might be said " to lisp in numbers , " and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehension of things , as , to more tardy minds , seem ...
... labour . Among the English poets , Cowley , Milton , and Pope might be said " to lisp in numbers , " and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehension of things , as , to more tardy minds , seem ...
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... labour , directed by great abilities , is never wholly lost : if they fre quently threw away their wit upon false conceits , they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth : if their conceits were far - fetched , they were often ...
... labour , directed by great abilities , is never wholly lost : if they fre quently threw away their wit upon false conceits , they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth : if their conceits were far - fetched , they were often ...
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... labour should co - operate , are thus taught by Donne : In none but us are such mix'd engines found , As hands of double office ; for the ground We till with them ; and them to Heaven we raise ; Who prayerless labours , or , without ...
... labour should co - operate , are thus taught by Donne : In none but us are such mix'd engines found , As hands of double office ; for the ground We till with them ; and them to Heaven we raise ; Who prayerless labours , or , without ...
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... labour pay With good unsought experiments by the way . Some that have deeper digg'd Love's mine than I , Say , where his centric happiness doth lie : COWLEY . I have lov'd , and got , and told ; But should I love , get , tell , till I ...
... labour pay With good unsought experiments by the way . Some that have deeper digg'd Love's mine than I , Say , where his centric happiness doth lie : COWLEY . I have lov'd , and got , and told ; But should I love , get , tell , till I ...
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... labours a mind replete with learning , and that his pages are embellished with all the ornaments which books could supply ; that he was the first who imparted to English numbers the enthusiasm of the greater ode , and the gaiety of the ...
... labours a mind replete with learning , and that his pages are embellished with all the ornaments which books could supply ; that he was the first who imparted to English numbers the enthusiasm of the greater ode , and the gaiety of the ...
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