The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations of Their Works, Volume 2Derby & Jackson, 1857 - English poetry |
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... once at least , the residence of his ancestors ; and , I believe , more places than one are still shown , in groves and gardens , where he is related to have written his ' Old Bachelor . ' 2 Neither the time nor place of his birth are ...
... once at least , the residence of his ancestors ; and , I believe , more places than one are still shown , in groves and gardens , where he is related to have written his ' Old Bachelor . ' 2 Neither the time nor place of his birth are ...
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... once uttered are sullenly supported . Boileau , who desired to be thought a rigorous and steady moralist , having told a pretty lie to Louis XIV . , continued it afterwards by false dates ; thinking himself obliged in honour , says his ...
... once uttered are sullenly supported . Boileau , who desired to be thought a rigorous and steady moralist , having told a pretty lie to Louis XIV . , continued it afterwards by false dates ; thinking himself obliged in honour , says his ...
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... once in the blaze of admiration , when it is remembered that he had produced these four plays before he had passed his twenty - fifth year , 10 before other men , even such as are some time to shine in eminence , have passed their ...
... once in the blaze of admiration , when it is remembered that he had produced these four plays before he had passed his twenty - fifth year , 10 before other men , even such as are some time to shine in eminence , have passed their ...
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... once most of the living writers , from Dryden to D'Urfey . His onset was violent : those passages which while they stood single had passed with little notice , when they were accumulated and exposed together , excited horror ; the wise ...
... once most of the living writers , from Dryden to D'Urfey . His onset was violent : those passages which while they stood single had passed with little notice , when they were accumulated and exposed together , excited horror ; the wise ...
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... once more brought into the house of Dagon , to make sport for the Philistines ! " Congreve's last play was ' The Way of the World ; " " which , though as he hints in his dedication it was written with great labour -and much thought ...
... once more brought into the house of Dagon , to make sport for the Philistines ! " Congreve's last play was ' The Way of the World ; " " which , though as he hints in his dedication it was written with great labour -and much thought ...
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