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Sir William Robertson Nicoll, Thomas Seccombe. COPYRIGHT 1906 , 1907 , BY DODD , MEAD & COMPANY Published , October , 1907 L. Schucman 10-27-42 46597 CONTENTS CHAPTER VI - TRANSITIONAL POETS.
Sir William Robertson Nicoll, Thomas Seccombe. COPYRIGHT 1906 , 1907 , BY DODD , MEAD & COMPANY Published , October , 1907 L. Schucman 10-27-42 46597 CONTENTS CHAPTER VI - TRANSITIONAL POETS.
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... published his Latin poem , Plantarum , on the properties of simples . As a Latin poet Dr. Johnson , himself one of the best practical Latinists England can boast , held that Cowley was supe- rior to Milton , though he held Thomas May to ...
... published his Latin poem , Plantarum , on the properties of simples . As a Latin poet Dr. Johnson , himself one of the best practical Latinists England can boast , held that Cowley was supe- rior to Milton , though he held Thomas May to ...
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... published his famous descriptive poem , Cooper's Hill , as early as 1641 , four years before the first collective edition of Waller's poems appeared . But for all that , Denham was as much a deliberate imitator of Waller , and ...
... published his famous descriptive poem , Cooper's Hill , as early as 1641 , four years before the first collective edition of Waller's poems appeared . But for all that , Denham was as much a deliberate imitator of Waller , and ...
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... published at 1s . 6d . in March , 1678. Some characteristic additions were made in the second edition of 1679 , in which Mr. Worldly Wiseman appeared for the first time . The second part did not appear until January , 1685. The ...
... published at 1s . 6d . in March , 1678. Some characteristic additions were made in the second edition of 1679 , in which Mr. Worldly Wiseman appeared for the first time . The second part did not appear until January , 1685. The ...
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... published at Cambridge early in 1638 as Obsequies to the Memorie of Mr. Edward King , a wit and scholar who had for eleven years been one of the orna- ments of the university.1 In the spring of 1638 Milton obtained his father's un ...
... published at Cambridge early in 1638 as Obsequies to the Memorie of Mr. Edward King , a wit and scholar who had for eleven years been one of the orna- ments of the university.1 In the spring of 1638 Milton obtained his father's un ...
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