Seventeenth-century Verse and ProseMacmillan, 1959 |
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... seems to have made every effort to secure the post of Orator for the University , and in 1620 he realized his ambition . Apparently Herbert used the oppor- tunities of his office to such advantage that from the summer of 1624 he seems ...
... seems to have made every effort to secure the post of Orator for the University , and in 1620 he realized his ambition . Apparently Herbert used the oppor- tunities of his office to such advantage that from the summer of 1624 he seems ...
Page 394
... seems , however , to have soon wearied of controversy , and to have placed his hopes for fame on the two folios of Ductor Dubitantium , published in 1660 , an enor- mous undertaking in the then popular genre of casuistry . But they are ...
... seems , however , to have soon wearied of controversy , and to have placed his hopes for fame on the two folios of Ductor Dubitantium , published in 1660 , an enor- mous undertaking in the then popular genre of casuistry . But they are ...
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... Seems with the Flow'rs a Flow'r to be . And think so still ! though not compare With Breath so sweet , or Cheek so faire . But when the vigilant Patroul Of Stars walks round about the Pole , Their Leaves , that to the stalks are curl'd , ...
... Seems with the Flow'rs a Flow'r to be . And think so still ! though not compare With Breath so sweet , or Cheek so faire . But when the vigilant Patroul Of Stars walks round about the Pole , Their Leaves , that to the stalks are curl'd , ...
Contents
The Seventeenth Century 16001660 | 1 |
THE INTELLECTUAL CLIMATE | 13 |
PROSE STYLE | 19 |
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