Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 378
... says , if thou , my soul , wishest to speak of games , look not in the desert sky for a planet hotter than the sun , nor shall we tell of nobler games than those of Olympia . He is sometimes too paraphras- tical . Pindar bestows upon ...
... says , if thou , my soul , wishest to speak of games , look not in the desert sky for a planet hotter than the sun , nor shall we tell of nobler games than those of Olympia . He is sometimes too paraphras- tical . Pindar bestows upon ...
Page 403
... says the Biographia , “ on the score of his extraordinary qualities , he had the honour done him of being admitted , though under age , to take his seat in the House of Lords . " ' With this unhappy character it is not unlikely that ...
... says the Biographia , “ on the score of his extraordinary qualities , he had the honour done him of being admitted , though under age , to take his seat in the House of Lords . " ' With this unhappy character it is not unlikely that ...
Page 438
... says of Tyre , that her Merchants are Princes ; Young says of Tyre in his Merchant , Her merchants Princes , and each deck a Throne . Let burlesque try to go beyond him . He has the trick of joining the turgid and familiar : to buy the ...
... says of Tyre , that her Merchants are Princes ; Young says of Tyre in his Merchant , Her merchants Princes , and each deck a Throne . Let burlesque try to go beyond him . He has the trick of joining the turgid and familiar : to buy the ...
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