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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... mention that which seems to deserve censure ; for what Englishman can take delight in transcribing passages , which , if they lessen the reputation of Milton , diminish in some degree the honour of our country ? The generality of my ...
... mention that which seems to deserve censure ; for what Englishman can take delight in transcribing passages , which , if they lessen the reputation of Milton , diminish in some degree the honour of our country ? The generality of my ...
Page 235
... mention and uncertain tradition have supplied . JOHN DRYDEN was born August 9 , 1631 , at Aldwincle near Oundle , the son of Erasmus Dryden of Tichmersh ; who was the third son of Sir Erasmus Dryden , Baronet , of Canons Ashby . All ...
... mention and uncertain tradition have supplied . JOHN DRYDEN was born August 9 , 1631 , at Aldwincle near Oundle , the son of Erasmus Dryden of Tichmersh ; who was the third son of Sir Erasmus Dryden , Baronet , of Canons Ashby . All ...
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... mentions his enemies . He degrades his own dignity by shewing that he was affected by their censures , and gives ... mention in the preface of his Fables . To the censure of Collier , whose remarks may be rather termed admoni- tions ...
... mentions his enemies . He degrades his own dignity by shewing that he was affected by their censures , and gives ... mention in the preface of his Fables . To the censure of Collier , whose remarks may be rather termed admoni- tions ...
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