Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... considered the ancients and moderns not as parties or rivals for fame , but as architects upon one and the same plan , the Art of Poetry , according to which he judged , approved , and blamed , without flattery or detraction . If he did ...
... considered the ancients and moderns not as parties or rivals for fame , but as architects upon one and the same plan , the Art of Poetry , according to which he judged , approved , and blamed , without flattery or detraction . If he did ...
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... considered as the opponent of his claim . Of his lampoon upon him I once heard a single line too gross to be repeated . But he was still a genius and a scholar , and Oxford was unwilling 40 to lose him : he was endured , with all his ...
... considered as the opponent of his claim . Of his lampoon upon him I once heard a single line too gross to be repeated . But he was still a genius and a scholar , and Oxford was unwilling 40 to lose him : he was endured , with all his ...
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... considered , like those of Scaliger , as worthy of preservation . He had great readiness and exactness of criticism , and by a 62 cursory glance over a new composition would exactly tell all its faults and beauties . He was remarkable ...
... considered , like those of Scaliger , as worthy of preservation . He had great readiness and exactness of criticism , and by a 62 cursory glance over a new composition would exactly tell all its faults and beauties . He was remarkable ...
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... considered as not qualified to oppose or contradict him . He had many 71 72 73 frailties ; yet it cannot but be supposed that he had great merit , who could obtain to the same play a prologue from Addison and an epilogue from Prior3 ...
... considered as not qualified to oppose or contradict him . He had many 71 72 73 frailties ; yet it cannot but be supposed that he had great merit , who could obtain to the same play a prologue from Addison and an epilogue from Prior3 ...
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... considered in a conference the great question whether the crown was vacant , and manfully spoke in favour of his old master 3 . He complied , however , with the new establishment , and was 13 left unmolested ; but in 1692 a strange ...
... considered in a conference the great question whether the crown was vacant , and manfully spoke in favour of his old master 3 . He complied , however , with the new establishment , and was 13 left unmolested ; but in 1692 a strange ...
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