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... lefs to write a play , being printed in 4to . London , 1594 Mr. Winftanley fays , that in his hiftory , he fhews all the spleen of a mal - content , and had he been preferred to the Bays , as he happened to be dif- appointed , he would ...
... lefs to write a play , being printed in 4to . London , 1594 Mr. Winftanley fays , that in his hiftory , he fhews all the spleen of a mal - content , and had he been preferred to the Bays , as he happened to be dif- appointed , he would ...
Page 46
... much " on a fubject fo delicate , that can lefs offend " the fevereft rules , of morality . The whole paf- fion of love is intimately defcribed by all its " mighty " mighty train of hopes , joys and difquiets . 46 The LiFilof.
... much " on a fubject fo delicate , that can lefs offend " the fevereft rules , of morality . The whole paf- fion of love is intimately defcribed by all its " mighty " mighty train of hopes , joys and difquiets . 46 The LiFilof.
Page 54
... lefs : One glittering thought no fooner strikes our eyes , With filent wonder , but new wonders rife . As in the milky way , a fhining white O'erflows the heavens with one continued light ; That not a fingle ftar can fhew his rays ...
... lefs : One glittering thought no fooner strikes our eyes , With filent wonder , but new wonders rife . As in the milky way , a fhining white O'erflows the heavens with one continued light ; That not a fingle ftar can fhew his rays ...
Page 55
... lefs . ' He had a foul too full , an imagi- nation too fertile to be reftrained , and because he has more wit than any other poet , an ordinary reader is fomehow difpofed to think he had lefs . In the particular of wit , none but ...
... lefs . ' He had a foul too full , an imagi- nation too fertile to be reftrained , and because he has more wit than any other poet , an ordinary reader is fomehow difpofed to think he had lefs . In the particular of wit , none but ...
Page 61
... lefs liberal to gold ; Didft thou lefs value to it give , Of how Didft ABRAHAM COWLEY . 61.
... lefs liberal to gold ; Didft thou lefs value to it give , Of how Didft ABRAHAM COWLEY . 61.
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