The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations of Their Works, Volume 2Derby & Jackson, 1857 - English poetry |
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... known . Here also the earliest public reference has been made to the will of Denham's father , and to the will of Waller's father , from both of which minutiae of importance have been drawn for the illustration of their lives . The date ...
... known . Here also the earliest public reference has been made to the will of Denham's father , and to the will of Waller's father , from both of which minutiae of importance have been drawn for the illustration of their lives . The date ...
Page xii
... known , is here added ; and for the first time attention has been directed to a printed poem by Parnell , which Pope properly suffered to expire , but which no biographer will , if he does his duty , omit hereafter to mention . With no ...
... known , is here added ; and for the first time attention has been directed to a printed poem by Parnell , which Pope properly suffered to expire , but which no biographer will , if he does his duty , omit hereafter to mention . With no ...
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... known ; if the inscription upon his monument be true , he was born in 1672 . For the place , it was said by himself that he owed his nativity to England , and by everybody else that he was born in Ireland . Southerne mentioned him with ...
... known ; if the inscription upon his monument be true , he was born in 1672 . For the place , it was said by himself that he owed his nativity to England , and by everybody else that he was born in Ireland . Southerne mentioned him with ...
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... known or not mentioned , he bequeathed a legacy of about ten thousand pounds ; the accumulation of attentive parsimony , which , though to her superfluous and useless , might have given great assist- ance to the ancient family from ...
... known or not mentioned , he bequeathed a legacy of about ten thousand pounds ; the accumulation of attentive parsimony , which , though to her superfluous and useless , might have given great assist- ance to the ancient family from ...
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... known only as it appended to his plays . While comedy or while tragedy is regarded , his plays are likely to be read ; but except what relates to the stage , I know not that he has ever written a stanza that is sung , or a couplet that ...
... known only as it appended to his plays . While comedy or while tragedy is regarded , his plays are likely to be read ; but except what relates to the stage , I know not that he has ever written a stanza that is sung , or a couplet that ...
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