Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... poet in awe by regular criticism ' , and , as it were , married the two arts for their mutual support and improvement . There was not a tract of credit upon that subject which he had not diligently examined , from Aristotle down to ...
... poet in awe by regular criticism ' , and , as it were , married the two arts for their mutual support and improvement . There was not a tract of credit upon that subject which he had not diligently examined , from Aristotle down to ...
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... poetry he touched upon ( and he touched upon a great variety ) , was raised to its proper height , and the differences between each of them observed ... Poets , xxv . 3 . 18 was as great as the most sanguine expectations of EDMUND SMITH 7.
... poetry he touched upon ( and he touched upon a great variety ) , was raised to its proper height , and the differences between each of them observed ... Poets , xxv . 3 . 18 was as great as the most sanguine expectations of EDMUND SMITH 7.
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... Poets , XXV . 122 ; post , ADDISON , Io . Lord Lyttelton , the elegant scholar , de- scribed the Musae as an admirable anonymous collection , from which Eton boys used largely to " crib , " and I presume do still . ' N. & 2 . 5 S. ii ...
... Poets , XXV . 122 ; post , ADDISON , Io . Lord Lyttelton , the elegant scholar , de- scribed the Musae as an admirable anonymous collection , from which Eton boys used largely to " crib , " and I presume do still . ' N. & 2 . 5 S. ii ...
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... POETS . II C till he had given notice of its For far - fetch'd rhymes makes puz- zled angels strain , And in low prose dull Lucifer com- plain . ' Eng . Poets , xxv . 113 . 2 Ante , SMITH , 24 . Ante , SMITH , 25 , 26 . 3 4 Ante , SMITH ...
... POETS . II C till he had given notice of its For far - fetch'd rhymes makes puz- zled angels strain , And in low prose dull Lucifer com- plain . ' Eng . Poets , xxv . 113 . 2 Ante , SMITH , 24 . Ante , SMITH , 25 , 26 . 3 4 Ante , SMITH ...
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... poem beginning : - ' My much loved friend , when thou art from my eyes , How do I loathe the day , and light despise . ' Eng . Poets , xv . 209 . He replied in two Epistles , one in English , the other in Latin . 16. xxv . 229 , 231 . 6 ...
... poem beginning : - ' My much loved friend , when thou art from my eyes , How do I loathe the day , and light despise . ' Eng . Poets , xv . 209 . He replied in two Epistles , one in English , the other in Latin . 16. xxv . 229 , 231 . 6 ...
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