The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 - English poetry |
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... verse , he became , as he relates , irrecoverably a poet . Such are the accidents which , fometimes remem- bered , and perhaps fometimes forgotten , produce that particular defignation of mind , and propenfity for fome certain fcience ...
... verse , he became , as he relates , irrecoverably a poet . Such are the accidents which , fometimes remem- bered , and perhaps fometimes forgotten , produce that particular defignation of mind , and propenfity for fome certain fcience ...
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... verse , but mere prose . It was printed , with a dedication in yerfe , to Dr. Comber , mafter of the college ; but , having nei- ther the facility of a popular nor the accuracy of a learned work , it feems to be now univerfally neg ...
... verse , but mere prose . It was printed , with a dedication in yerfe , to Dr. Comber , mafter of the college ; but , having nei- ther the facility of a popular nor the accuracy of a learned work , it feems to be now univerfally neg ...
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... verses on Oliver's death , in which Wood's narrative feems to imply fomething encomiaftick , there has been no appearance . There is a discourse concerning his government , indeed , with verfes in- termixed , but such as certainly ...
... verses on Oliver's death , in which Wood's narrative feems to imply fomething encomiaftick , there has been no appearance . There is a discourse concerning his government , indeed , with verfes in- termixed , but such as certainly ...
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... he have had , ' tis thought , a rebuke , Unless he had done fome notable folly : Writ verses unjustly in praise of Sam Tuke , Or printed his pitiful Melancholy . His vehement defire of retirement now came again upon him His COWLEY . 15.
... he have had , ' tis thought , a rebuke , Unless he had done fome notable folly : Writ verses unjustly in praise of Sam Tuke , Or printed his pitiful Melancholy . His vehement defire of retirement now came again upon him His COWLEY . 15.
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... verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was fo imperfect , that they were only found to be verfes by counting ' the fyllables . If the father of criticifm has ...
... verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was fo imperfect , that they were only found to be verfes by counting ' the fyllables . If the father of criticifm has ...
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