Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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... labour and much thought , was received with so little favour , that , being in a high degree offended and disgusted , he resolved to commit his quiet and his fame no more to the caprices of an audience . From this time his life ceased ...
... labour and much thought , was received with so little favour , that , being in a high degree offended and disgusted , he resolved to commit his quiet and his fame no more to the caprices of an audience . From this time his life ceased ...
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... labours , By the Gods be all your labours crown'd ; So may the Gods your arms with conquest bless , And Troy's proud walls lie level with the ground ; Till laid And crown your labours with deserv'd success ; May Jove restore you , when ...
... labours , By the Gods be all your labours crown'd ; So may the Gods your arms with conquest bless , And Troy's proud walls lie level with the ground ; Till laid And crown your labours with deserv'd success ; May Jove restore you , when ...
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... labour , and to mend them was his last . From his attention to poetry he was never diverted . If conversation offered anything that could be improved , he committed it to paper ; if a thought , or perhaps an expression more happy than ...
... labour , and to mend them was his last . From his attention to poetry he was never diverted . If conversation offered anything that could be improved , he committed it to paper ; if a thought , or perhaps an expression more happy than ...
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