Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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... pass , And but one day for triumph was allow'd , The consul was constrain'd his pomp to crowd ; And so the swift procession hurry'd on , That all , though not distinctly , might be shown : So in the straiten'd bounds of life confin'd ...
... pass , And but one day for triumph was allow'd , The consul was constrain'd his pomp to crowd ; And so the swift procession hurry'd on , That all , though not distinctly , might be shown : So in the straiten'd bounds of life confin'd ...
Page 440
... pass . Syphax puts Sempronius out of pain immediately ; and , being a Numi- dian , abounding in wiles , supplies him ... pass for Juba in full day at Cato's house , where they were both so very well known , by having Juba's dress and his ...
... pass . Syphax puts Sempronius out of pain immediately ; and , being a Numi- dian , abounding in wiles , supplies him ... pass for Juba in full day at Cato's house , where they were both so very well known , by having Juba's dress and his ...
Page 442
... pass with his mistress through the southern gate , where her brother Marcus is upon the guard , and where she would certainly prove an impedi- ment to him , which is the Roman word for the baggage ; instead of doing this , Sempronius is ...
... pass with his mistress through the southern gate , where her brother Marcus is upon the guard , and where she would certainly prove an impedi- ment to him , which is the Roman word for the baggage ; instead of doing this , Sempronius is ...
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Absalom and Achitophel Addison admiration afterwards ancient appears beauties better blank verse Cato censure character Charles Dryden compositions considered Cowley criticism death delight diction diligence dramatick Dryden duke Earl elegance endeavoured English excellence fancy favour friends genius heroick honour Hudibras images imagination imitation Jacob Tonson John Dryden judgement Juvenal kind King known labour Lady language Latin learning lines lived lord Lord Conway Lord Roscommon Milton mind nature never NIHIL numbers observed opinion Paradise Lost passages passions performance perhaps Philips Pindar play pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope pounds praise produced publick published reader reason relates remarks reputation rhyme satire says seems Sempronius sentiments shew shewn sometimes Sprat supposed Syphax Tatler thing thou thought tion told tragedy translation Tyrannick Love verses versification Virgil virtue Waller Whig words write written wrote