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... till their works and May's Poem appeared*, seemed unable to contest the palm
with any other of the lettered nations* If the Latin performances of Cowley and
Milton be compared (for May I hold to be superior to both), the advantage seems
to ...
... till their works and May's Poem appeared*, seemed unable to contest the palm
with any other of the lettered nations* If the Latin performances of Cowley and
Milton be compared (for May I hold to be superior to both), the advantage seems
to ...
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To such a performance Suckling could have brought the gaiety, but not the
knowledge ; Dryden could have supplied the knowledge, but not the gaiety. The
verses to Davenant, which are vigorously begun, and happily concluded, contain
...
To such a performance Suckling could have brought the gaiety, but not the
knowledge ; Dryden could have supplied the knowledge, but not the gaiety. The
verses to Davenant, which are vigorously begun, and happily concluded, contain
...
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... rate, bis own performances by their just value, and has therefore closed his
Miscellanies with the verses upon Cra- shaw, which. * Dodsley's Collection of
Poems, Vol. V. R. * First published in quarto, 1669, under the title of 42 COWLEY.
... rate, bis own performances by their just value, and has therefore closed his
Miscellanies with the verses upon Cra- shaw, which. * Dodsley's Collection of
Poems, Vol. V. R. * First published in quarto, 1669, under the title of 42 COWLEY.
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Of this silence and neglect, if the reason be inquired, it will be found partly in the
choice of the subject, and partly in the performance of the work. Sacred History
has been always read with submissive reverence, and an imagination overawed
...
Of this silence and neglect, if the reason be inquired, it will be found partly in the
choice of the subject, and partly in the performance of the work. Sacred History
has been always read with submissive reverence, and an imagination overawed
...
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A report was spread, that the performance was not his own, but that he had
bought it of a vicar for forty pounds. The same attempt was made to rob Addison
of his Cato, and Pope of his Essay on Criticism. In 1647, the distresses of the
royal ...
A report was spread, that the performance was not his own, but that he had
bought it of a vicar for forty pounds. The same attempt was made to rob Addison
of his Cato, and Pope of his Essay on Criticism. In 1647, the distresses of the
royal ...
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