Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1926 - English poetry |
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... English generation must mention with reverence as a critick and a poet . DRYDEN may be properly considered as the father of English criticism , as the writer who first taught us to determine upon principles the merit of composition . Of ...
... English generation must mention with reverence as a critick and a poet . DRYDEN may be properly considered as the father of English criticism , as the writer who first taught us to determine upon principles the merit of composition . Of ...
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... English Opium - Eater . ( 23 ) Dickens . Barnaby Rudge . ( 286 ) Christmas Books . ( 307 ) Edwin Drood . " ( 263 ) ... English Traits , and Representative Men . ( 30 ) Essays . Two Series . ( 6 ) Nature ; and Miscellanies . ( 236 ) English ...
... English Opium - Eater . ( 23 ) Dickens . Barnaby Rudge . ( 286 ) Christmas Books . ( 307 ) Edwin Drood . " ( 263 ) ... English Traits , and Representative Men . ( 30 ) Essays . Two Series . ( 6 ) Nature ; and Miscellanies . ( 236 ) English ...
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... English Short Stories . Two Series . ( 193 , 228 ) English Songs and Ballads . Compiled by T. W. H. CROSLAND . ( 13 ) English Speeches , from Burke to Gladstone . ( 191 ) Fielding . Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon , & c . Intro . A ...
... English Short Stories . Two Series . ( 193 , 228 ) English Songs and Ballads . Compiled by T. W. H. CROSLAND . ( 13 ) English Speeches , from Burke to Gladstone . ( 191 ) Fielding . Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon , & c . Intro . A ...
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