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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Samuel Johnson. became , as he relates , irrecoverably a poet . Such are the accidents , which , sometimes remembered ... relate , ' That he had this defect in his memory at that time , that his teachers never could bring it to retain the ...
Samuel Johnson. became , as he relates , irrecoverably a poet . Such are the accidents , which , sometimes remembered ... relate , ' That he had this defect in his memory at that time , that his teachers never could bring it to retain the ...
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... relates Lucifer's rebellion and fall . Adam , fallen . Eve , ACT IV . Conscience cites them to God's examination . Chorus bewails , and tells the good Adam has lost . ACT V. Adam and Eve driven out of Paradise . presented by an angel ...
... relates Lucifer's rebellion and fall . Adam , fallen . Eve , ACT IV . Conscience cites them to God's examination . Chorus bewails , and tells the good Adam has lost . ACT V. Adam and Eve driven out of Paradise . presented by an angel ...
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... relates , was made known at Court by the taste and influence of the Earl of Dorset . When it was known , it was necessarily admired : the king quoted , the courtiers studied , and the whole party of the royalists applauded it . Every ...
... relates , was made known at Court by the taste and influence of the Earl of Dorset . When it was known , it was necessarily admired : the king quoted , the courtiers studied , and the whole party of the royalists applauded it . Every ...
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