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Page xii
Not only does he fail to figure among the poets separately discussed : he is not even once alluded to by way of critical comparison . Where are Spenser ? Herrick ? Lovelace ? Campion ? Crashaw ? We soon find that poetry practically ...
Not only does he fail to figure among the poets separately discussed : he is not even once alluded to by way of critical comparison . Where are Spenser ? Herrick ? Lovelace ? Campion ? Crashaw ? We soon find that poetry practically ...
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By the Spectator it has once been quoted , by Rymer it has once been praised , and by Dryden , in Mac Flecknoe , it has once been imitated ; nor do I recollect much other notice from its publication till now , in the whole succession of ...
By the Spectator it has once been quoted , by Rymer it has once been praised , and by Dryden , in Mac Flecknoe , it has once been imitated ; nor do I recollect much other notice from its publication till now , in the whole succession of ...
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And when the Spaniards their assault begin , At once beat those without and these within . " This Almanzor speaks of himself ; and sure for one man to conquer an army within the city , and another without the city , at once ...
And when the Spaniards their assault begin , At once beat those without and these within . " This Almanzor speaks of himself ; and sure for one man to conquer an army within the city , and another without the city , at once ...
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