Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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Page 170
Samuel Johnson, George Birkbeck Norman Hill. for the mention of the nation's obligations to her frequent pregnancy , proves that it was written when she had brought many children . We have therefore no date of any other poetical ...
Samuel Johnson, George Birkbeck Norman Hill. for the mention of the nation's obligations to her frequent pregnancy , proves that it was written when she had brought many children . We have therefore no date of any other poetical ...
Page 281
... mentions his enemies . He degrades his own dignity by shewing that he was affected by their censures , and gives ... mention in the preface of his Fables . To the censure of Collier , whose remarks may be rather termed admoni- tions ...
... mentions his enemies . He degrades his own dignity by shewing that he was affected by their censures , and gives ... mention in the preface of his Fables . To the censure of Collier , whose remarks may be rather termed admoni- tions ...
Page 293
... mention him- self too frequently ; but while he forces himself upon our esteem , we cannot refuse him to stand high in his own . Every thing is excused by the play of images and the spriteliness of expression . Though all is easy ...
... mention him- self too frequently ; but while he forces himself upon our esteem , we cannot refuse him to stand high in his own . Every thing is excused by the play of images and the spriteliness of expression . Though all is easy ...
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