Literary Criticism of Seventeenth-century EnglandEdward W. Tayler |
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... Epigrams , 2 and the Skullers Poems3 have their applause . There are never wanting , that dare preferre the worst Preachers , the worst Pleaders , the worst Poets : not that the better have left to write , or speake bet- ter , but that ...
... Epigrams , 2 and the Skullers Poems3 have their applause . There are never wanting , that dare preferre the worst Preachers , the worst Pleaders , the worst Poets : not that the better have left to write , or speake bet- ter , but that ...
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... and ix.26 . ] 1 [ Plays on words , usually puns . ] 2 [ Martial , Epigrams xc.2 : " Those that tumble over rough places and high cliffs . " ] strict and succinct style is that , where you can Timber : or , Discoveries ( 121 )
... and ix.26 . ] 1 [ Plays on words , usually puns . ] 2 [ Martial , Epigrams xc.2 : " Those that tumble over rough places and high cliffs . " ] strict and succinct style is that , where you can Timber : or , Discoveries ( 121 )
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... Epigrams viii.69 reads “ tanti non est , ut placeam tibi , perire , ” i.e. , " it is not worth it to die in order to please you . " Cowley adapts : " It is worth dying to please you . " ] first , all those which I wrote at School from ...
... Epigrams viii.69 reads “ tanti non est , ut placeam tibi , perire , ” i.e. , " it is not worth it to die in order to please you . " Cowley adapts : " It is worth dying to please you . " ] first , all those which I wrote at School from ...
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