Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageOctagon Books, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 181
... verses ] very soon , and shall continue to feel it as long as I can think . remember nothing farther in life than that I made verses . I chose Guy of Warwick for my first hero , and killed Colborn the Giant before I was big enough for ...
... verses ] very soon , and shall continue to feel it as long as I can think . remember nothing farther in life than that I made verses . I chose Guy of Warwick for my first hero , and killed Colborn the Giant before I was big enough for ...
Page 195
... verses to her in a gown and cap ! What , the plenipotentiary , so far concerned in the damned peace at Utrecht ! the man that makes up half the volume of terse prose , that makes up the report of the committee , speaking verses ! Sic ...
... verses to her in a gown and cap ! What , the plenipotentiary , so far concerned in the damned peace at Utrecht ! the man that makes up half the volume of terse prose , that makes up the report of the committee , speaking verses ! Sic ...
Page 319
... verses to Addison the couplet which mentions Clio is written with the most exquisite delicacy of praise ; it ... verse , of which , however , his two first lines give a bad specimen . To this poem praise cannot be totally denied . He is ...
... verses to Addison the couplet which mentions Clio is written with the most exquisite delicacy of praise ; it ... verse , of which , however , his two first lines give a bad specimen . To this poem praise cannot be totally denied . He is ...
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