Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1926 - English poetry |
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Page 225
... wrote very early as well as he ever wrote ; and the performances of youth have many favourers , because the authors yet lay no claim to publick honours , and are therefore not considered as rivals by the distributors of fame . VOL . I ...
... wrote very early as well as he ever wrote ; and the performances of youth have many favourers , because the authors yet lay no claim to publick honours , and are therefore not considered as rivals by the distributors of fame . VOL . I ...
Page 247
... 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 rhyme than without it , very rapidly adopted his master's ...
... 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 rhyme than without it , very rapidly adopted his master's ...
Page 468
... wrote another paraphrase on the Otium Divos of Horace . In 1703 his Ode on Musick was performed at Stationers ' Hall ; and he wrote afterwards six can- tatas , which were set to musick by the greatest master of that time , and seem ...
... wrote another paraphrase on the Otium Divos of Horace . In 1703 his Ode on Musick was performed at Stationers ' Hall ; and he wrote afterwards six can- tatas , which were set to musick by the greatest master of that time , and seem ...
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