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Page 155
... lines relating to the Peace confess their own date . It is dedicated to Lord Lansdown , who was then high in reputation and influence among the Tories ; and it is said that the conclusion of the poem gave great pain to Addison , both as ...
... lines relating to the Peace confess their own date . It is dedicated to Lord Lansdown , who was then high in reputation and influence among the Tories ; and it is said that the conclusion of the poem gave great pain to Addison , both as ...
Page 242
... lines are poor and prosaic . Art is in another couplet used for arts , that a rhyme may be had to heart . The last six lines are the best , but not excellent . The rest of his sepulchral performances hardly deserve the notice of ...
... lines are poor and prosaic . Art is in another couplet used for arts , that a rhyme may be had to heart . The last six lines are the best , but not excellent . The rest of his sepulchral performances hardly deserve the notice of ...
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... lines of a scholar like Gray , the honied Spring . The morality is natural , but too stale ; the conclusion is pretty . The poem On the Cat was doubtless by its author considered as a trifle , but it is not a happy trifle . In the first ...
... lines of a scholar like Gray , the honied Spring . The morality is natural , but too stale ; the conclusion is pretty . The poem On the Cat was doubtless by its author considered as a trifle , but it is not a happy trifle . In the first ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
JOHN GAY 16881732 | 35 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
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