Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1926 - English poetry |
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... , he laboured with great diligence , there is no reason for doubting . One part of his method deserves general imitation . He was careful to in- допи struct his scholars in religion . Every Sunday was spent 71 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... , he laboured with great diligence , there is no reason for doubting . One part of his method deserves general imitation . He was careful to in- допи struct his scholars in religion . Every Sunday was spent 71 LIVES OF THE POETS.
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... diligence of Boileau , whose Equivoque , a poem of only three hundred forty - six lines , took from his life eleven months to write it , and three years to revise it ! Part of this book of Fables is the first Iliad in English , intended ...
... diligence of Boileau , whose Equivoque , a poem of only three hundred forty - six lines , took from his life eleven months to write it , and three years to revise it ! Part of this book of Fables is the first Iliad in English , intended ...
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... diligence which he might allow himself somewhat to remit , when his name gave sanction to his positions , and his awe of the public was abated , partly by custom , and partly by success . It will not be easy to find , in all the ...
... diligence which he might allow himself somewhat to remit , when his name gave sanction to his positions , and his awe of the public was abated , partly by custom , and partly by success . It will not be easy to find , in all the ...
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