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... English generation must mention with reverence as a critic and a poet . Dryden may be properly considered as the father of English criticism , as the writer who first taught us to determine upon principles the merit of composition . Of ...
... English generation must mention with reverence as a critic and a poet . Dryden may be properly considered as the father of English criticism , as the writer who first taught us to determine upon principles the merit of composition . Of ...
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... ENGLISH POETS , 1781. 2 vols . 770-1 . BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON , 1791. A new edition ( 1949 ) . 1-2 Keats , John ( 1795-1821 ) . LIFE AND LETTERS , 1848. by Lord Houghton ( 1809-85 ) 801 Lamb , Charles ( 1775-1834 ) . LETTERS . New ...
... ENGLISH POETS , 1781. 2 vols . 770-1 . BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON , 1791. A new edition ( 1949 ) . 1-2 Keats , John ( 1795-1821 ) . LIFE AND LETTERS , 1848. by Lord Houghton ( 1809-85 ) 801 Lamb , Charles ( 1775-1834 ) . LETTERS . New ...
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... English Galaxy of Shorter Poems , The . Chosen and Edited by Gerald Bullett . English Religious Verse . Edited by G. Lacey May . 867 910 818 959 937 63 , 271 381 Euripides ( 484-407 B.C. ) . PLAYS . Translated by A. S. Way , D.LITT . 2 ...
... English Galaxy of Shorter Poems , The . Chosen and Edited by Gerald Bullett . English Religious Verse . Edited by G. Lacey May . 867 910 818 959 937 63 , 271 381 Euripides ( 484-407 B.C. ) . PLAYS . Translated by A. S. Way , D.LITT . 2 ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
George Granville LORD LANSDOWN 1665173435 | 35 |
INTRODUCTION by L ArcherHind | 44 |
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