Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1926 - English poetry |
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... written but printed in his thirteenth year ; containing , with other poetical compositions , " The tragical History of Pyra- mus and Thisbe , ' written when he was ten years old ; and Constantia and Philetus , ' written two years after ...
... written but printed in his thirteenth year ; containing , with other poetical compositions , " The tragical History of Pyra- mus and Thisbe , ' written when he was ten years old ; and Constantia and Philetus , ' written two years after ...
Page 232
... written to his patron St. John , in return for a present of wine and tobacco , which cannot be passed without notice . It is gay and elegant , and exhibits several artful accommodations of classick expressions to new purposes . It seems ...
... written to his patron St. John , in return for a present of wine and tobacco , which cannot be passed without notice . It is gay and elegant , and exhibits several artful accommodations of classick expressions to new purposes . It seems ...
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... written in less time than The Virgin Martyr ; though the author thought not fit either ostentatiously or mournfully to tell how little labour it cost him , or at how short a warning he produced it . It was a temporary performance , written ...
... written in less time than The Virgin Martyr ; though the author thought not fit either ostentatiously or mournfully to tell how little labour it cost him , or at how short a warning he produced it . It was a temporary performance , written ...
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