Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 - English poetry |
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... Ambrose Philips , " That Blackmore , as he proceeded in this poem , laid his manuscript from time to time before a club of wits with whom he associated ; and that every man contributed , as he could , either improvement or correc- tion ...
... Ambrose Philips , " That Blackmore , as he proceeded in this poem , laid his manuscript from time to time before a club of wits with whom he associated ; and that every man contributed , as he could , either improvement or correc- tion ...
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... Ambrose Philips , as the Pastoral writer that yielded only to Theocritus , Virgil , and Spenser . Pope , who had also published Pastorals , not pleased to be overlooked , drew up a comparison of his own compositions with those of Philips ...
... Ambrose Philips , as the Pastoral writer that yielded only to Theocritus , Virgil , and Spenser . Pope , who had also published Pastorals , not pleased to be overlooked , drew up a comparison of his own compositions with those of Philips ...
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