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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... honour , Cleiveland has paralleled it with the Sun : The moderate value of our guiltless ore Makes no man atheist , and no woman whore ; Yet why should hallow'd vestal's sacred shrine Deserve more honour than a flaming mine ? These ...
... honour , Cleiveland has paralleled it with the Sun : The moderate value of our guiltless ore Makes no man atheist , and no woman whore ; Yet why should hallow'd vestal's sacred shrine Deserve more honour than a flaming mine ? These ...
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... honour to his memory . Milton's acquaintance with the Italian writers may be discovered by a mixture of longer and shorter verses , according to the rules of Tuscan poetry , and his malig- nity to the Church by some lines which are ...
... honour to his memory . Milton's acquaintance with the Italian writers may be discovered by a mixture of longer and shorter verses , according to the rules of Tuscan poetry , and his malig- nity to the Church by some lines which are ...
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... honours , and increase the year - What's meant by increasing the year ? Did the gods or goddesses add more months , or days , or hours to it ? Or how can arva tueri signify to wear rural honours ? Is this to translate , or abuse an ...
... honours , and increase the year - What's meant by increasing the year ? Did the gods or goddesses add more months , or days , or hours to it ? Or how can arva tueri signify to wear rural honours ? Is this to translate , or abuse an ...
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