Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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... continued , ' says his biographer , ' under these bonds till the general deliverance ' ; it is therefore to be sup- posed , that he did not go to France , and act again for the King , without the consent of his bondsman ; that he did ...
... continued , ' says his biographer , ' under these bonds till the general deliverance ' ; it is therefore to be sup- posed , that he did not go to France , and act again for the King , without the consent of his bondsman ; that he did ...
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... continued his labour , finding the credit of his author was gone . Now , if he thinks it is recovered by his Answer , he will perhaps go on with his translation ; and this may be , for aught I know , as good an entertainment for him as ...
... continued his labour , finding the credit of his author was gone . Now , if he thinks it is recovered by his Answer , he will perhaps go on with his translation ; and this may be , for aught I know , as good an entertainment for him as ...
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... ever produced . The first part flows with a torrent of enthusiasm . Fervet immensusque ruit . All the stanzas indeed are not equal . An imperial crown cannot be one continued diamond ; the gems must be held 310 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... ever produced . The first part flows with a torrent of enthusiasm . Fervet immensusque ruit . All the stanzas indeed are not equal . An imperial crown cannot be one continued diamond ; the gems must be held 310 LIVES OF THE POETS.
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