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Not only does he fail to : figure among the poets separately discussed : he is not even once alluded to by way of critical comparison . Where are Spenser ? Herrick ? Lovelace ? Campion ? Crashaw ? We soon find that poetry practically ...
Not only does he fail to : figure among the poets separately discussed : he is not even once alluded to by way of critical comparison . Where are Spenser ? Herrick ? Lovelace ? Campion ? Crashaw ? We soon find that poetry practically ...
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By the Spectator it has once been quoted , by Rymer it has once been praised , and by Dryden , in Mac Flecknoe , it has once been imitated ; nor do I recollect much other notice from its publication till now , in the whole succession of ...
By the Spectator it has once been quoted , by Rymer it has once been praised , and by Dryden , in Mac Flecknoe , it has once been imitated ; nor do I recollect much other notice from its publication till now , in the whole succession of ...
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The Fair Penitent , his next production ( 1703 ) , is one of the most pleasing tragedies on the stage , where it still keeps its turns of appearing , and probably will long keep them , for there is scarcely any work of any poet at once ...
The Fair Penitent , his next production ( 1703 ) , is one of the most pleasing tragedies on the stage , where it still keeps its turns of appearing , and probably will long keep them , for there is scarcely any work of any poet at once ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson Volume 83 of Oxford world's classics Volumes 83-84 of World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Contributor | Arthur Waugh |
| Publisher | H. Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1906 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Jul 2006 |
| Length | 493 pages |
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