Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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Samuel Johnson, George Birkbeck Norman Hill. writer of Paradise Lost could ever write without great effusions of fancy , and exalted precepts of wisdom . The basis of Paradise Regained is narrow ; a dialogue without action can never ...
Samuel Johnson, George Birkbeck Norman Hill. writer of Paradise Lost could ever write without great effusions of fancy , and exalted precepts of wisdom . The basis of Paradise Regained is narrow ; a dialogue without action can never ...
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... writer of King Charles's reign : Unhappy Dryden ! in all Charles's days , Roscommon only boasts unspotted lays . His great work is his Essay on Translated Verse ; of which Dryden writes thus in the preface to his Mis- cellanies : ' It ...
... writer of King Charles's reign : Unhappy Dryden ! in all Charles's days , Roscommon only boasts unspotted lays . His great work is his Essay on Translated Verse ; of which Dryden writes thus in the preface to his Mis- cellanies : ' It ...
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... write upon literature , or common life , so as not to make himself known to those with whom he familiarly con- verses , and who are acquainted with his track of study , his favourite topicks , his peculiar notions , and his habitual ...
... write upon literature , or common life , so as not to make himself known to those with whom he familiarly con- verses , and who are acquainted with his track of study , his favourite topicks , his peculiar notions , and his habitual ...
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