Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1926 - English poetry |
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... better example . ' And , upon the other hand , when he is brought face to face with the pastoral atmosphere of Lycidas , he finds it ' vulgar and disgusting , ' while the elaborate machinery of The Rape of the Lock is praised as a ...
... better example . ' And , upon the other hand , when he is brought face to face with the pastoral atmosphere of Lycidas , he finds it ' vulgar and disgusting , ' while the elaborate machinery of The Rape of the Lock is praised as a ...
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... better man behind him in England . ' He is represented by Dr. Sprat as the most amiable of mankind ; and this posthumous praise may be safely credited , as it has never been contradicted by envy or by faction . Such are the remarks and ...
... better man behind him in England . ' He is represented by Dr. Sprat as the most amiable of mankind ; and this posthumous praise may be safely credited , as it has never been contradicted by envy or by faction . Such are the remarks and ...
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... better she is ever kecking at , and is queasy : she vomits now out of sickness ; but before it be well with her , she must vomit by strong physick . The university , in the time of her better health , and my younger judgement , I never ...
... better she is ever kecking at , and is queasy : she vomits now out of sickness ; but before it be well with her , she must vomit by strong physick . The university , in the time of her better health , and my younger judgement , I never ...
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