Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1926 - English poetry |
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Page 265
... writer of verses , and a critick . In this address Dryden gave the first hints of his intention to write an epick poem . He mentions his design in terms so obscure , that he seems afraid lest his plan should be purloined , as , he says ...
... writer of verses , and a critick . In this address Dryden gave the first hints of his intention to write an epick poem . He mentions his design in terms so obscure , that he seems afraid lest his plan should be purloined , as , he says ...
Page 387
... write its history , which he published in 1667. This is one of the few books which selec- tion of sentiment and elegance of diction have been able to preserve , though written upon a subject flux and transitory . The History of the ...
... write its history , which he published in 1667. This is one of the few books which selec- tion of sentiment and elegance of diction have been able to preserve , though written upon a subject flux and transitory . The History of the ...
Page 441
... writer , that , when he had taken his resolution , or made his plan for what he designed to write , he would walk about a room , and dictate it into language with as much freedom and ease as any one could write it down , and attend to ...
... writer , that , when he had taken his resolution , or made his plan for what he designed to write , he would walk about a room , and dictate it into language with as much freedom and ease as any one could write it down , and attend to ...
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