Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... tion , sparkled through his writings , and was no less pertinent and agreeable . His Phædra ' is a consummate tragedy , and the success of it 17 1 Post , SMITH , 43 . * Lucretius , i . 27 . Eng . Poets , xxv . 108 ; post , SMITH , 51 ...
... tion , sparkled through his writings , and was no less pertinent and agreeable . His Phædra ' is a consummate tragedy , and the success of it 17 1 Post , SMITH , 43 . * Lucretius , i . 27 . Eng . Poets , xxv . 108 ; post , SMITH , 51 ...
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... tion see next paragraph in the text ] . Trapp continues : - ' Quam elegan- ter ab instituto divertit , ut Babel et linguas confusas pulcherrime descri- bat ; inde quam eleganter redit ad laudes viri linguarum peritia insi- gnissimi ...
... tion see next paragraph in the text ] . Trapp continues : - ' Quam elegan- ter ab instituto divertit , ut Babel et linguas confusas pulcherrime descri- bat ; inde quam eleganter redit ad laudes viri linguarum peritia insi- gnissimi ...
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... tion of his Pindarique Odes ! Ante , COWLEY , 124 . In the original : - ' Having been a long time the object of your care and indulgence towards the advan- any thing which my meanness produces , would be not SPRAT Appendices B, C 38,
... tion of his Pindarique Odes ! Ante , COWLEY , 124 . In the original : - ' Having been a long time the object of your care and indulgence towards the advan- any thing which my meanness produces , would be not SPRAT Appendices B, C 38,
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... tion to their zeal or pleasure . When Burnet preached , part of his congregation hummed so loudly and so long that he sat down to enjoy it , and rubbed his face with his handkerchief . When Sprat preached , he likewise was honoured with ...
... tion to their zeal or pleasure . When Burnet preached , part of his congregation hummed so loudly and so long that he sat down to enjoy it , and rubbed his face with his handkerchief . When Sprat preached , he likewise was honoured with ...
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... . ' 2 6 Garth , generous as his muse , pre- scribes and gives ; The shopman sells , and by destruc- tion lives . ' DRYDEN , Epistle to John Driden , 1. 107 . a committee to treat with the College , and settle 58 GARTH.
... . ' 2 6 Garth , generous as his muse , pre- scribes and gives ; The shopman sells , and by destruc- tion lives . ' DRYDEN , Epistle to John Driden , 1. 107 . a committee to treat with the College , and settle 58 GARTH.
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