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Page xxii
Happy had it been for Cowley's fame , had he not early wandered away from the instructor of his youth ; and left , for Epic and Pindaric flights , that which even now delights , and must for ever please - his moral song , the voice of ...
Happy had it been for Cowley's fame , had he not early wandered away from the instructor of his youth ; and left , for Epic and Pindaric flights , that which even now delights , and must for ever please - his moral song , the voice of ...
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I who certainly have not merely wetted the tip of my lips in the stream of these languages , but , in proportion to my years , have swallowed the most copious draughts , can yet sometimes retire with avidity and delight to feast on ...
I who certainly have not merely wetted the tip of my lips in the stream of these languages , but , in proportion to my years , have swallowed the most copious draughts , can yet sometimes retire with avidity and delight to feast on ...
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Sir Henry Wotton was peculiarly delighted in the lyrical parts , with what he quaintly , but not incorrectly calls- a certain Doric delicacy in the songs and odes . ' And Warburton speaks of the bright vein of its poetry , intermixed ...
Sir Henry Wotton was peculiarly delighted in the lyrical parts , with what he quaintly , but not incorrectly calls- a certain Doric delicacy in the songs and odes . ' And Warburton speaks of the bright vein of its poetry , intermixed ...
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When Michaelmas came , the lady had no inclination to quit the hospitality and delights of her father's mansion for the austerer habits and seclusion of the Poet's study . Aubrey says , ' no company came to her , and she often heard her ...
When Michaelmas came , the lady had no inclination to quit the hospitality and delights of her father's mansion for the austerer habits and seclusion of the Poet's study . Aubrey says , ' no company came to her , and she often heard her ...
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One of Milton's antagonists ( G. S. 1660 ) accuses him ; ' You throw aside your wife , because your waspish spirit could not agree with her qualities , and your crooked phantasy could not be brought to take delight in her .
One of Milton's antagonists ( G. S. 1660 ) accuses him ; ' You throw aside your wife , because your waspish spirit could not agree with her qualities , and your crooked phantasy could not be brought to take delight in her .
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| Title | The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes and a Life of the Author, Volume 1 The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes and a Life of the Author, John Mitford |
| Author | John Mitford |
| Publisher | Hilliard, Gray, and Company, 1838 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Mar 5, 2009 |
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