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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... Labour , Sickness , Moses . The Persons . Divine Justice , Widsom , Heavenly Love . The Evening Star , Hesperus . Chorus of Angels . Lucifer . Adam . Eve . Conscience . Discontent , Mutes . Ignorance , with others ; Faith . Hope . Labour ...
... Labour , Sickness , Moses . The Persons . Divine Justice , Widsom , Heavenly Love . The Evening Star , Hesperus . Chorus of Angels . Lucifer . Adam . Eve . Conscience . Discontent , Mutes . Ignorance , with others ; Faith . Hope . Labour ...
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... labour . To accumulate such a mass of sentiments at the call of accidental desire , or of sudden necessity , is beyond the reach and power of the most active and comprehensive mind . I am informed by Mr. Thyer of Manchester , the ...
... labour . To accumulate such a mass of sentiments at the call of accidental desire , or of sudden necessity , is beyond the reach and power of the most active and comprehensive mind . I am informed by Mr. Thyer of Manchester , the ...
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... labour , finding the credit of his author was gone . Now , if he thinks it is recovered by his Answer , he will perhaps go on with his translation ; and this may be , for aught I know , as good an entertainment for him as the ...
... labour , finding the credit of his author was gone . Now , if he thinks it is recovered by his Answer , he will perhaps go on with his translation ; and this may be , for aught I know , as good an entertainment for him as the ...
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