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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... Hope shews an unequalled fertility of invention : Hope , whose weak being ruin'd is , Alike if it succeed , and if it miss ; Whom good or ill does equally confound , And both the horns of Fate's dilemma wound . Vain shadow , which dost ...
... Hope shews an unequalled fertility of invention : Hope , whose weak being ruin'd is , Alike if it succeed , and if it miss ; Whom good or ill does equally confound , And both the horns of Fate's dilemma wound . Vain shadow , which dost ...
Page 86
... Hope . Labour , Sickness , Discontent , Mutes . Ignorance , Fear , Death ; Charity . Faith . Hope . Charity . Paradise Lost . The Persons . Moses , πрoλoyíla , recounting how he assumed his true body ; that it corrupts not , because it ...
... Hope . Labour , Sickness , Discontent , Mutes . Ignorance , Fear , Death ; Charity . Faith . Hope . Charity . Paradise Lost . The Persons . Moses , πрoλoyíla , recounting how he assumed his true body ; that it corrupts not , because it ...
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... hope , your grace will . ' He died October 21 , 1687 , and was buried at Beacons- field , with a monument erected by his son's executors , for which Rymer wrote the inscription , and which I hope is now rescued from dilapidation . He ...
... hope , your grace will . ' He died October 21 , 1687 , and was buried at Beacons- field , with a monument erected by his son's executors , for which Rymer wrote the inscription , and which I hope is now rescued from dilapidation . He ...
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action Addison admiration afterwards appears beauties believe better called character common compositions considered continued Cowley criticism death delight desire Dryden Earl easily effect elegance English equal excellence expected expression favour formed friends genius give given hand hope images imagination imitation Italy kind King knowledge known labour language Latin learning least less lines lived lord lost manner means mention Milton mind nature never numbers observed occasion once opinion original passed performance perhaps play pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope praise present probably produced publick published reader reason received relates remarks rhyme says seems sent sentiments shew sometimes supply supposed tell thing thought tion told tragedy translation true verses Waller whole write written wrote