Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1926 - English poetry |
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Page 43
... says of the stone with which Cain slew his brother , I saw him fling the stone , as if he meant At once his murther and his monument . Of the sword taken from Goliah , he says , A sword so great , that it was only fit To take off his ...
... says of the stone with which Cain slew his brother , I saw him fling the stone , as if he meant At once his murther and his monument . Of the sword taken from Goliah , he says , A sword so great , that it was only fit To take off his ...
Page 137
... says of Spenser , that he wrote no language , but has formed what Butler calls a Babylonish Dialect , in itself harsh and bar- barous , but made by exalted genius and extensive learning , the vehicle of so much instruction and so much ...
... says of Spenser , that he wrote no language , but has formed what Butler calls a Babylonish Dialect , in itself harsh and bar- barous , but made by exalted genius and extensive learning , the vehicle of so much instruction and so much ...
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... says Wood , upon her fortune , having studied the common law , but never practised it . A fortune she had , says his biographer , but it was lost by bad securities . In 1663 was published the first part , containing three cantos , of ...
... says Wood , upon her fortune , having studied the common law , but never practised it . A fortune she had , says his biographer , but it was lost by bad securities . In 1663 was published the first part , containing three cantos , of ...
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