The lives of the English poets: in 2 vol, Volume 1Tauchnitz, 1858 - 402 pages |
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... MILTON 56 BUTLER 120 ROCHESTER 131 ROSCOMMON 137 OTWAY 145 WALLER 149 POMFRET 187 DORSET 188 STEPNEY 191 J. PHILIPS 193 WALSH 205 DRYDEN 207 SMITH DUKE 304 322 KING 323 • • VI CONTENTS OF VOLUME 1 . PAGE SPRAT HALIFAX.
... MILTON 56 BUTLER 120 ROCHESTER 131 ROSCOMMON 137 OTWAY 145 WALLER 149 POMFRET 187 DORSET 188 STEPNEY 191 J. PHILIPS 193 WALSH 205 DRYDEN 207 SMITH DUKE 304 322 KING 323 • • VI CONTENTS OF VOLUME 1 . PAGE SPRAT HALIFAX.
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... Waller , Denham , Cowley , Cleiveland , and Milton . Denham and Waller sought another way to fame , by improving the harmony of our numbers . Milton tried the metaphysic style only in his lines upon Hobson the Carrier . Cowley adopted ...
... Waller , Denham , Cowley , Cleiveland , and Milton . Denham and Waller sought another way to fame , by improving the harmony of our numbers . Milton tried the metaphysic style only in his lines upon Hobson the Carrier . Cowley adopted ...
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... Waller never could produce . The bulk of his thoughts sometimes swelled his verse to unexpected and inevitable grandeur ; but his excellence of this kind is merely fortuitous : he sinks willingly down to his general carelessness , and ...
... Waller never could produce . The bulk of his thoughts sometimes swelled his verse to unexpected and inevitable grandeur ; but his excellence of this kind is merely fortuitous : he sinks willingly down to his general carelessness , and ...
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... the public attention ; for Waller re- marked , " That he broke out like the Irish rebellion , three- score thousand strong , when nobody was aware , or in the least suspected it ; " an observation which could have 48 DENHAM . DENHAM.
... the public attention ; for Waller re- marked , " That he broke out like the Irish rebellion , three- score thousand strong , when nobody was aware , or in the least suspected it ; " an observation which could have 48 DENHAM . DENHAM.
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... Waller , " says Prior , " im- proved our versification , and Dryden perfected it . " He has given specimens of various composition , descriptive , ludicrous , didactic , and sublime . He appears to have had , in common with almost all ...
... Waller , " says Prior , " im- proved our versification , and Dryden perfected it . " He has given specimens of various composition , descriptive , ludicrous , didactic , and sublime . He appears to have had , in common with almost all ...
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