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... a funeral oration rather than a history: he. has given I the character, not the life,
of Cowley.;. for he writes with so little detail, that scarcely any thing is distinctly
known, but all is shewn confused and enlarged through the mist of panegyrick.
... a funeral oration rather than a history: he. has given I the character, not the life,
of Cowley.;. for he writes with so little detail, that scarcely any thing is distinctly
known, but all is shewn confused and enlarged through the mist of panegyrick.
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... than words, contribute no otherwise to his reputation than as they shew him to
have been above the affectation of unseasonable elegance, and to have known
that the business of a statesman can be little forwarded^by flowers of rhetorick.
... than words, contribute no otherwise to his reputation than as they shew him to
have been above the affectation of unseasonable elegance, and to have known
that the business of a statesman can be little forwarded^by flowers of rhetorick.
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... little favour had been shewn him, he Received the news of his ill success, not
with so much firmness as might have been expected from so great a man." What
firmness they expected, or what weakness Cowley discovered, cannot be known.
... little favour had been shewn him, he Received the news of his ill success, not
with so much firmness as might have been expected from so great a man." What
firmness they expected, or what weakness Cowley discovered, cannot be known.
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... and the minds of either party were easily irritated, was obliged to pass over
many transactions in general expressions, and to leave curiosity often unsatisfied
. What he did not tell, cannot however now be known ; I must therefore
recommend ...
... and the minds of either party were easily irritated, was obliged to pass over
many transactions in general expressions, and to leave curiosity often unsatisfied
. What he did not tell, cannot however now be known ; I must therefore
recommend ...
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Samuel Johnson, Alexander Chalmers, Arthur Murphy. Lust, the scorching dog-
star, here Rages with immoderate heat ; Whilst Pride, the rugged Northern bear,
In others makes the cold too great. And where these are temperate known, The ...
Samuel Johnson, Alexander Chalmers, Arthur Murphy. Lust, the scorching dog-
star, here Rages with immoderate heat ; Whilst Pride, the rugged Northern bear,
In others makes the cold too great. And where these are temperate known, The ...
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