Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1926 - English poetry |
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Page 73
... formed wonders ; and a formidable list is given of the authors , Greek and Latin , that were read in Alders- gate - street , by youth between ten and fifteen or sixteen years of age . Those who tell or receive these stories should ...
... formed wonders ; and a formidable list is given of the authors , Greek and Latin , that were read in Alders- gate - street , by youth between ten and fifteen or sixteen years of age . Those who tell or receive these stories should ...
Page 164
... formed the plan of a society for refining our language , and fixing its standard ; in imitation , says Fenton , of those learned and polite societies with which he had been acquainted abroad . In this design his friend Dryden is said to ...
... formed the plan of a society for refining our language , and fixing its standard ; in imitation , says Fenton , of those learned and polite societies with which he had been acquainted abroad . In this design his friend Dryden is said to ...
Page 247
... formed his taste by the French theatre ; and Dryden , who wrote , and made no difficulty of declaring that he wrote , only to please , and who perhaps knew that by his dexterity of versification he was more likely to excel others in ...
... formed his taste by the French theatre ; and Dryden , who wrote , and made no difficulty of declaring that he wrote , only to please , and who perhaps knew that by his dexterity of versification he was more likely to excel others in ...
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