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The metaphysical poets were men of learning , and to show their learning was their whole endeavour ; but , un- luckily resolving to shew it in rhyme , instead of writing poetry , they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as ...
The metaphysical poets were men of learning , and to show their learning was their whole endeavour ; but , un- luckily resolving to shew it in rhyme , instead of writing poetry , they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as ...
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He considered the verse of twelve syllables as elevated and majestick , and has therefore deviated into that measure when he ... In the ' Davideis ' are some hemistichs , or verses left imperfect by the author , in imitation of Virgil ...
He considered the verse of twelve syllables as elevated and majestick , and has therefore deviated into that measure when he ... In the ' Davideis ' are some hemistichs , or verses left imperfect by the author , in imitation of Virgil ...
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His next paper of verses contained a character of the principal English poets , inscribed to Henry Sacheverell , who was then , if not a poet , a writer of verses ; as is shewn by his version of a small part of Virgil's Georgicks ...
His next paper of verses contained a character of the principal English poets , inscribed to Henry Sacheverell , who was then , if not a poet , a writer of verses ; as is shewn by his version of a small part of Virgil's Georgicks ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson Volumes 83-84 of Oxford world's classics Issues 83-84 of World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Contributor | Arthur Waugh |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1952 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 16 Jul 2009 |
| Length | 472 pages |
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