Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 - English poetry |
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... once at least , the residence of his ancestors ; and , I believe , more places than one are still shewn , in groves and gardens , where he is related to have written his Old Batchelor . Neither the time nor place of his birth are ...
... once at least , the residence of his ancestors ; and , I believe , more places than one are still shewn , in groves and gardens , where he is related to have written his Old Batchelor . Neither the time nor place of his birth are ...
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... once with tenderness and integrity . He published likewise ( 1729 ) a very splendid edition of Waller , with notes often useful , often entertaining , but too much extended by long quotations from Clar- endon . Illustrations drawn from ...
... once with tenderness and integrity . He published likewise ( 1729 ) a very splendid edition of Waller , with notes often useful , often entertaining , but too much extended by long quotations from Clar- endon . Illustrations drawn from ...
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... Once a Lover and always a Lover ; The Jew of Venice , altered from Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice ( 1701 ) ; Heroick Love , a tragedy ( 1698 ) ; The British Enchanters ( 1706 ) , a dramatick poem ; and Peleus and Thetis , a masque ...
... Once a Lover and always a Lover ; The Jew of Venice , altered from Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice ( 1701 ) ; Heroick Love , a tragedy ( 1698 ) ; The British Enchanters ( 1706 ) , a dramatick poem ; and Peleus and Thetis , a masque ...
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