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... delight to read , till , by feeling the charms of verse , he became , as he relates , irrecoverably a poet . Such are the accidents , which , sometimes remem- bered , and perhaps sometimes forgotten , produce that particular designation ...
... delight to read , till , by feeling the charms of verse , he became , as he relates , irrecoverably a poet . Such are the accidents , which , sometimes remem- bered , and perhaps sometimes forgotten , produce that particular designation ...
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... delight , Who , whilst thou should'st but taste , devour'st it quite ! Thou bring'st us an estate , yet leav'st us poor , By clogging it with legacies before ! The joys which we entire should wed , Come deflower'd 22 LIFE OF COWLEY .
... delight , Who , whilst thou should'st but taste , devour'st it quite ! Thou bring'st us an estate , yet leav'st us poor , By clogging it with legacies before ! The joys which we entire should wed , Come deflower'd 22 LIFE OF COWLEY .
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... delight by their desire of exciting admiration . HAVING thus endeavoured to exhibit a general representation of the style and sentiments of the metaphysical poets , it is now proper to examine particularly the works of Cowley , who was ...
... delight by their desire of exciting admiration . HAVING thus endeavoured to exhibit a general representation of the style and sentiments of the metaphysical poets , it is now proper to examine particularly the works of Cowley , who was ...
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... delight , My verse , great Rhea's son , which is , Lofty as that , and smooth as this . In the Nemean Ode , the reader must , in mere justice to Pindar , observe , that whatever is said of the original New - Moon , her tender forehead ...
... delight , My verse , great Rhea's son , which is , Lofty as that , and smooth as this . In the Nemean Ode , the reader must , in mere justice to Pindar , observe , that whatever is said of the original New - Moon , her tender forehead ...
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... delight . If the continuation of the Davideis can be missed , it is for the learning that had been diffused over it , and the notes in which it had been explained . Had not his characters been depraved , like every other part , by ...
... delight . If the continuation of the Davideis can be missed , it is for the learning that had been diffused over it , and the notes in which it had been explained . Had not his characters been depraved , like every other part , by ...
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