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Page 47
... given more to cards and dice than study , " and therefore gave no prognostics of his future eminence - nor was suspected to conceal , under sluggishness and laxity , a genius born to improve the literature of his country . When he was ...
... given more to cards and dice than study , " and therefore gave no prognostics of his future eminence - nor was suspected to conceal , under sluggishness and laxity , a genius born to improve the literature of his country . When he was ...
Page 174
... given very few examples . The critical decision has given the praise of strength to Denham , and of sweetness to Waller . 1605-1687 VERSIFICATION 175 His excellence of versification has some abatements 174 1605-1687 WALLER.
... given very few examples . The critical decision has given the praise of strength to Denham , and of sweetness to Waller . 1605-1687 VERSIFICATION 175 His excellence of versification has some abatements 174 1605-1687 WALLER.
Page 175
... given him confidence ; and , finding the world satisfied , he satisfied himself . His rhymes are sometimes weak words : so is found to make the rhyme twice in ten lines , and occurs often as a rhyme through his book . His double rhymes ...
... given him confidence ; and , finding the world satisfied , he satisfied himself . His rhymes are sometimes weak words : so is found to make the rhyme twice in ten lines , and occurs often as a rhyme through his book . His double rhymes ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
George Granville LORD LANSDOWN 1665173435 | 35 |
INTRODUCTION by L ArcherHind | 44 |
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