Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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Page 39
... write like Pindar . The rights of antiquity were invaded , and dis order tried to break into the Latin : a poem on the Shel- donian Theatre , in which all kinds of verse are shaken together , is unhappily inserted in the Musae ...
... write like Pindar . The rights of antiquity were invaded , and dis order tried to break into the Latin : a poem on the Shel- donian Theatre , in which all kinds of verse are shaken together , is unhappily inserted in the Musae ...
Page 230
... write them , preserved them from destruction . A scribbling beau may imagine a Poet may be induced to write , by the very pleasure he finds in writing ; but that is seldom , when people are necessitated to it . I have known men row ...
... write them , preserved them from destruction . A scribbling beau may imagine a Poet may be induced to write , by the very pleasure he finds in writing ; but that is seldom , when people are necessitated to it . I have known men row ...
Page 406
... 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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