Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1926 - English poetry |
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Page 258
... shew , that by studied misconstruction every thing may be equally represented as ridiculous . After so much of Dryden's elegant animadversions , justice requires that something of Settle's should be ex- hibited . The following ...
... shew , that by studied misconstruction every thing may be equally represented as ridiculous . After so much of Dryden's elegant animadversions , justice requires that something of Settle's should be ex- hibited . The following ...
Page 310
... shew a mind replete with ideas ; the numbers are smooth , and the diction , if not altogether correct , is elegant and easy . Davenant was perhaps at this time his favourite author , though Gondibert never appears to have been popular ...
... shew a mind replete with ideas ; the numbers are smooth , and the diction , if not altogether correct , is elegant and easy . Davenant was perhaps at this time his favourite author , though Gondibert never appears to have been popular ...
Page 325
... shew the necessity of an infallible judge , and reproaches the Reformers with want of unity ; but is weak enough to ask , why since we see without know- ing how , we may not have an infallible judge without knowing where . The Hind at ...
... shew the necessity of an infallible judge , and reproaches the Reformers with want of unity ; but is weak enough to ask , why since we see without know- ing how , we may not have an infallible judge without knowing where . The Hind at ...
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