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... once alluded to by way of critical comparison . Where are Spenser ? Herrick ? Lovelace ? Campion ? Crashaw ? We soon find that poetry practically begins , in Johnson's judgement , with Waller , and reaches its con- summation in Pope ...
... once alluded to by way of critical comparison . Where are Spenser ? Herrick ? Lovelace ? Campion ? Crashaw ? We soon find that poetry practically begins , in Johnson's judgement , with Waller , and reaches its con- summation in Pope ...
Page 40
... 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 English literature . Of ...
... 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 English literature . Of ...
Page 253
... 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 , is something difficult ; but this flight is pardonable ...
... 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 , is something difficult ; but this flight is pardonable ...
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