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... Roscommon only boasts unspotted lays . His great work is his Essay on Translated Verse ; of which Dryden writes thus in the preface to his Mis- cellanies : ' It was my Lord Roscommon's Essay on Translated Verse , ' says Dryden , ' which ...
... Roscommon only boasts unspotted lays . His great work is his Essay on Translated Verse ; of which Dryden writes thus in the preface to his Mis- cellanies : ' It was my Lord Roscommon's Essay on Translated Verse , ' says Dryden , ' which ...
Page 162
... Sir Charles Cotterel , has given the history . ' Lord Roscommon , ' says she , ' is certainly one of the most promising young noblemen in Ireland . He has paraphrased a Psalm admirably , and a scene of Pastor Fido very finely , in some ...
... Sir Charles Cotterel , has given the history . ' Lord Roscommon , ' says she , ' is certainly one of the most promising young noblemen in Ireland . He has paraphrased a Psalm admirably , and a scene of Pastor Fido very finely , in some ...
Page 163
... Lord Roscommon gave them a prologue , and Sir Edward Dering an Epilogue ; ' which , ' says she , ' are the best performances of those kinds I ever saw . ' If this is not criticism , it is at least gratitude . The thought of bringing ...
... Lord Roscommon gave them a prologue , and Sir Edward Dering an Epilogue ; ' which , ' says she , ' are the best performances of those kinds I ever saw . ' If this is not criticism , it is at least gratitude . The thought of bringing ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson Volumes 83-84 of World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | George Birkbeck Norman Hill |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1968 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 6 Jul 2011 |
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