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... excellence is truth : he that professes love ought to feel its power . Petrarch was a real lover , and Laura doubtless de- served his tenderness . Of Cowley , we are told by Barnest , who had means enough of information , that whatever ...
... excellence is truth : he that professes love ought to feel its power . Petrarch was a real lover , and Laura doubtless de- served his tenderness . Of Cowley , we are told by Barnest , who had means enough of information , that whatever ...
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... excellence . For the rejection of this play , it is difficult now to find the reason : it certainly has , in a very great degree , the power of fixing attention and exciting merri- ment . From the charge of disaffection he exculpates ...
... excellence . For the rejection of this play , it is difficult now to find the reason : it certainly has , in a very great degree , the power of fixing attention and exciting merri- ment . From the charge of disaffection he exculpates ...
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... excellence no other poet has hitherto afforded . To choose the best , among many good , is one of the most hazardous attempts of criticism . I know not whether Scaliger himself has persuaded many readers to join with him in his ...
... excellence no other poet has hitherto afforded . To choose the best , among many good , is one of the most hazardous attempts of criticism . I know not whether Scaliger himself has persuaded many readers to join with him in his ...
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... excellence as a mind not yet called forth to action can dis- play . He knew how to distinguish , and how to commend the qualities of his companion ; but when he wishes to make us weep , he forgets to weep himself , and diverts his ...
... excellence as a mind not yet called forth to action can dis- play . He knew how to distinguish , and how to commend the qualities of his companion ; but when he wishes to make us weep , he forgets to weep himself , and diverts his ...
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... excellence . Clarendon represents him as having taking a flight beyond all that went before him ; and Milton is said to have declared , that the three greatest English poets were Spenser , Shakspeare , and Cowley , His manner he had in ...
... excellence . Clarendon represents him as having taking a flight beyond all that went before him ; and Milton is said to have declared , that the three greatest English poets were Spenser , Shakspeare , and Cowley , His manner he had in ...
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