Lives of the English Poets: Abraham Cowley. Sir John Denham. John Milton. Samuel Butler. Earl of Rochester. Earl of Roscommon. Thomas Otway. Edmund Waller. John Dryden. John Pomfret. Earl of Dorset. George Stepney. John Philips. William Walsh. Edmund Smith. Richard Duke. William King. Thomas Sprat. Earl of Halifax. Thomas Parnell. Samuel Garth. Nicholas Rowe. Joseph Addison. John Hughes. John Sheffield, duke of Buckinghamshire. Matthew PriorOxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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Page 204
... given very few examples . The critical decision has given the praise of strength to Denham , and of sweetness to Waller . His excellence of versification has some abatements . He uses the expletive do very frequently ; and though he ...
... given very few examples . The critical decision has given the praise of strength to Denham , and of sweetness to Waller . His excellence of versification has some abatements . He uses the expletive do very frequently ; and though he ...
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... given . His con- temporaries , however they reverenced his genius , left his life unwritten ; and nothing therefore can be known beyond what casual mention and uncertain tradition have supplied . JOHN DRYDEN was born August 9 , 1631 ...
... given . His con- temporaries , however they reverenced his genius , left his life unwritten ; and nothing therefore can be known beyond what casual mention and uncertain tradition have supplied . JOHN DRYDEN was born August 9 , 1631 ...
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Samuel Johnson. has indeed given no proofs . He seems to have had small acquaintance with the sciences , and to have read little except ... given a detail . He had in the house with him Budgell , and perhaps Philips . His chief ADDISON 425.
Samuel Johnson. has indeed given no proofs . He seems to have had small acquaintance with the sciences , and to have read little except ... given a detail . He had in the house with him Budgell , and perhaps Philips . His chief ADDISON 425.
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