The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volume 2C. Bathurst ... [and 34 others], 1783 - English poetry Comprises short biographies and critical appraisals of 52 English poets, most of whom lived during the eighteenth century. |
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... true , and partly erroneous . From Weftminfter School , where he was instructed as one of the king's scholars by Dr. Busby , whom he long after continued to reverence , he was in 1650 elected to one of the Westminster scholarships at ...
... true , and partly erroneous . From Weftminfter School , where he was instructed as one of the king's scholars by Dr. Busby , whom he long after continued to reverence , he was in 1650 elected to one of the Westminster scholarships at ...
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... true , " was not this Huffcap once the Indian Emperor , and at another time did he not " call himself Maximin ? Was not Lynda- " raxa once called Almeira ? I mean under " Montezuma the Indian Emperor . I pro- " teft and vow they are ...
... true , " was not this Huffcap once the Indian Emperor , and at another time did he not " call himself Maximin ? Was not Lynda- " raxa once called Almeira ? I mean under " Montezuma the Indian Emperor . I pro- " teft and vow they are ...
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... true ; but give me leave to tell you , that you are no hero . King Arthur is another opera . It was the laft work that Dryden performed for King Charles , who did not live to see it exhibit- ed ; and it does not feem to have been ever ...
... true ; but give me leave to tell you , that you are no hero . King Arthur is another opera . It was the laft work that Dryden performed for King Charles , who did not live to see it exhibit- ed ; and it does not feem to have been ever ...
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... true writer , in his Art of Poetry ; where he fays of Dryden , Though prais'd and beaten for another's rhymes , His own deferves as great applause fometimes . His reputation in time was such , that his name was thought neceffary to the ...
... true writer , in his Art of Poetry ; where he fays of Dryden , Though prais'd and beaten for another's rhymes , His own deferves as great applause fometimes . His reputation in time was such , that his name was thought neceffary to the ...
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... true , he proposes that all wit fhould be re - coined before it is cur- rent , and appoints masters of afsay who shall reject all that is light or debased . ' Tis true , that when the coarfe and worthlefs drofs Is purg'd away , there ...
... true , he proposes that all wit fhould be re - coined before it is cur- rent , and appoints masters of afsay who shall reject all that is light or debased . ' Tis true , that when the coarfe and worthlefs drofs Is purg'd away , there ...
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