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Among the English poets, fWley. Milton, and ^^ 7^ 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 scarcely credible.
Among the English poets, fWley. Milton, and ^^ 7^ 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 scarcely credible.
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Oppress'd with numbers in th' unequal field, His men discourag'd and himself
expell'd : Let him for succour sue from place to place, Torn from his subjects and
his son's embrace. First let him see his friends in battle slain, And their untimely
fate ...
Oppress'd with numbers in th' unequal field, His men discourag'd and himself
expell'd : Let him for succour sue from place to place, Torn from his subjects and
his son's embrace. First let him see his friends in battle slain, And their untimely
fate ...
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... the uses of Trees, in heroic numbers. At the same time were produced, from the
same University, the two great Poets, Cowley and Milton, of dissimilar genius, of
opposite principles ; but concurring in tliecultivation of Latin Poetry, in which the ...
... the uses of Trees, in heroic numbers. At the same time were produced, from the
same University, the two great Poets, Cowley and Milton, of dissimilar genius, of
opposite principles ; but concurring in tliecultivation of Latin Poetry, in which the ...
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general hope, that great numbers were inevitably disappointed ; and Cowley
found his reward very tediously delayed. He had been promised by both Charles
the First and Second, the Mastership of the \ Savoy ; " but he lost it," says Wood, "
by ...
general hope, that great numbers were inevitably disappointed ; and Cowley
found his reward very tediously delayed. He had been promised by both Charles
the First and Second, the Mastership of the \ Savoy ; " but he lost it," says Wood, "
by ...
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Their immediate successors, of whom any remembrance can be said to remain,
were Sickling? "Waller. Denham, Cowley. Cleiveland. and Milton.Y Den- ham
and Waller sought another way. to fame, by improving the harmony of our
numbers.
Their immediate successors, of whom any remembrance can be said to remain,
were Sickling? "Waller. Denham, Cowley. Cleiveland. and Milton.Y Den- ham
and Waller sought another way. to fame, by improving the harmony of our
numbers.
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