The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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... Latin , but without due attention to the ancient models ; for it was not loose verse , but mere prose . It was printed , with a dedication in verse , to Dr. Comber , master of the college ; but , having neither the facility of a popular ...
... Latin , but without due attention to the ancient models ; for it was not loose verse , but mere prose . It was printed , with a dedication in verse , to Dr. Comber , master of the college ; but , having neither the facility of a popular ...
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... Latin several books on plants , of which the first and second display the qualities of herbs , in elegiac verse ; the third and fourth , the beauties of flowers in various measures ; and the fifth and sixth , the uses of trees , in ...
... Latin several books on plants , of which the first and second display the qualities of herbs , in elegiac verse ; the third and fourth , the beauties of flowers in various measures ; and the fifth and sixth , the uses of trees , in ...
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... Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be com- pared ( for May I hold to be superior to both ) , the advantage seems to lie on the side of Cowley . Milton is generally content to express the thoughts of the ancients in their language ...
... Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be com- pared ( for May I hold to be superior to both ) , the advantage seems to lie on the side of Cowley . Milton is generally content to express the thoughts of the ancients in their language ...
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... Latin ; a poem on the Sheldonian Theatre , in which all kinds of verse are shaken together , is unhappily inserted in the Musa Anglicana . Pindarism prevailed about half a century ; but at last died gradually away , and other imitations ...
... Latin ; a poem on the Sheldonian Theatre , in which all kinds of verse are shaken together , is unhappily inserted in the Musa Anglicana . Pindarism prevailed about half a century ; but at last died gradually away , and other imitations ...
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... Latin poems . He married a gentlewoman of the name of Caston , a Welsh family , by whom he had two sons , John , the poet , and Chris- topher , who studied the law , and adhered , as the law taught him , to the King's party , for which ...
... Latin poems . He married a gentlewoman of the name of Caston , a Welsh family , by whom he had two sons , John , the poet , and Chris- topher , who studied the law , and adhered , as the law taught him , to the King's party , for which ...
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