Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... essays in oratory , in epigram , elegy , and epique still handed about the university in manuscript , which shew a masterly hand ; and , though maimed and injured by frequent transcribing , make their way into our most celebrated ...
... essays in oratory , in epigram , elegy , and epique still handed about the university in manuscript , which shew a masterly hand ; and , though maimed and injured by frequent transcribing , make their way into our most celebrated ...
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... Essays , 1770 , i . 122 . Ante , BUTLER , 41 . 5 HORACE , Ars Poet . 1. 188 . ' They shock our faith . ' FRANCIS . Boswell says of Johnson : - ' I never knew any person who , upon hearing an extraordinary circumstance told , discovered ...
... Essays , 1770 , i . 122 . Ante , BUTLER , 41 . 5 HORACE , Ars Poet . 1. 188 . ' They shock our faith . ' FRANCIS . Boswell says of Johnson : - ' I never knew any person who , upon hearing an extraordinary circumstance told , discovered ...
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... essays called Useful Transactions * . His Voyage to the Island of Cajamai is particularly commended 5 . He then wrote the Art of Love , a poem remarkable , notwith- standing its title , for purity of sentiment ; and in 1709 imitated ...
... essays called Useful Transactions * . His Voyage to the Island of Cajamai is particularly commended 5 . He then wrote the Art of Love , a poem remarkable , notwith- standing its title , for purity of sentiment ; and in 1709 imitated ...
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... Essay on the Favourite Ministry , Works , ii . 280 . 4 Rufinus , or The Favourite . Imi- tated from Claudian , ib . iii . 218 . 5 King's Remains , p . 161. Swift wrote on Jan. 8 , 1711-12 : - ' I have got poor Dr. King to be Gazetteer ...
... Essay on the Favourite Ministry , Works , ii . 280 . 4 Rufinus , or The Favourite . Imi- tated from Claudian , ib . iii . 218 . 5 King's Remains , p . 161. Swift wrote on Jan. 8 , 1711-12 : - ' I have got poor Dr. King to be Gazetteer ...
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... Essays , 1770 , i . 244 . Campbell praises his ' correct and equable sweetness , ... the select choice of his expression , the clearness and keeping of his imagery , and the pensive dignity of his moral feeling . ' British Poets ...
... Essays , 1770 , i . 244 . Campbell praises his ' correct and equable sweetness , ... the select choice of his expression , the clearness and keeping of his imagery , and the pensive dignity of his moral feeling . ' British Poets ...
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