Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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... least necessary to read and think . No man could be born a metaphysical poet , nor assume the dignity of a writer , by descriptions copied from descriptions , by imitations borrowed from imitations , by traditional imagery , and ...
... least necessary to read and think . No man could be born a metaphysical poet , nor assume the dignity of a writer , by descriptions copied from descriptions , by imitations borrowed from imitations , by traditional imagery , and ...
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... least fewer faults . Nor is this his highest praise ; for Mr. Pope has celebrated him as the only moral writer of King Charles's reign : Unhappy Dryden ! in all Charles's days , Roscommon only boasts unspotted lays . His great work is ...
... least fewer faults . Nor is this his highest praise ; for Mr. Pope has celebrated him as the only moral writer of King Charles's reign : Unhappy Dryden ! in all Charles's days , Roscommon only boasts unspotted lays . His great work is ...
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... least harm ; and , indeed , were it otherwise , no man above deck would escape . The other was , that a great shot may be sometimes avoided , even as it flies , by changing one's ground a little ; for , when the wind sometimes blew away ...
... least harm ; and , indeed , were it otherwise , no man above deck would escape . The other was , that a great shot may be sometimes avoided , even as it flies , by changing one's ground a little ; for , when the wind sometimes blew away ...
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