The English Poets: Addison to BlakeMacmillan, 1898 - English poetry |
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... Pope JONATHAN SWIFT ( 1667-1745 ) · A Description of the Morning • · • 32 · • 33 Prof. J. Nichol 34 39 39 40 42 Horace , Book IV , Ode IX . Addressed to Archbishop King , 1718 Apollo's Edict . Occasioned by News from Parnassus ' Extract ...
... Pope JONATHAN SWIFT ( 1667-1745 ) · A Description of the Morning • · • 32 · • 33 Prof. J. Nichol 34 39 39 40 42 Horace , Book IV , Ode IX . Addressed to Archbishop King , 1718 Apollo's Edict . Occasioned by News from Parnassus ' Extract ...
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... Pope , and Goldsmith write on themes which seein un- propitious when compared with the materials of the Elizabetlian poets ; but the best work of these three poets is , in its class , first - rate ; Addison's work is never more than ...
... Pope , and Goldsmith write on themes which seein un- propitious when compared with the materials of the Elizabetlian poets ; but the best work of these three poets is , in its class , first - rate ; Addison's work is never more than ...
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... Pope Poems of this kind are seldom very sincere ; but some of Pope's noblest lines of praise were addressed to the not very noble Earl of Oxford , Whether or no Pope really felt as he pretended , he seemed at least to write with ardour ...
... Pope Poems of this kind are seldom very sincere ; but some of Pope's noblest lines of praise were addressed to the not very noble Earl of Oxford , Whether or no Pope really felt as he pretended , he seemed at least to write with ardour ...
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... Pope . The lines of the latter , written in 1709 , are familiar to most readers , but may be quoted here : • To him the wit of Greece and Rome was known , And every author's merit , but his own ; Such late was Walsh - the Muse's judge ...
... Pope . The lines of the latter , written in 1709 , are familiar to most readers , but may be quoted here : • To him the wit of Greece and Rome was known , And every author's merit , but his own ; Such late was Walsh - the Muse's judge ...
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... Pope did not disdain to re - work on his own anvil into brighter shapes . It should be noted that Walsh is the author of the only sonnet written in English between Milton's , in 1658 , and Warron's , about 1750 . EDMUND W. GOSSE . TO ...
... Pope did not disdain to re - work on his own anvil into brighter shapes . It should be noted that Walsh is the author of the only sonnet written in English between Milton's , in 1658 , and Warron's , about 1750 . EDMUND W. GOSSE . TO ...
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