Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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... Sprat , an author whose pregnancy of imagination and elegance of language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration rather than a ...
... Sprat , an author whose pregnancy of imagination and elegance of language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration rather than a ...
Page 186
... Sprat wrote on the same occasion ; but they were young men , struggling into notice , and hoping for some favour from the ruling party . Waller had little to expect : he had received nothing but his pardon from Cromwell , and was not ...
... Sprat wrote on the same occasion ; but they were young men , struggling into notice , and hoping for some favour from the ruling party . Waller had little to expect : he had received nothing but his pardon from Cromwell , and was not ...
Page 375
... Sprat's for loyalty . Burnet had the thanks of the house ; Sprat had no thanks , but a good living from the king ; which , he said , was of as much value as the thanks of the Commons . The works of Sprat , besides his few poems , are ...
... Sprat's for loyalty . Burnet had the thanks of the house ; Sprat had no thanks , but a good living from the king ; which , he said , was of as much value as the thanks of the Commons . The works of Sprat , besides his few poems , are ...
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