Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonOctagon Books, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 88
... published . He must have been at this time , if he had no help , a considerable pro- ficient in the Latin tongue . By Dryden's Fables , which had then been not long published 3 , and were much in the hands of poetical readers , he was ...
... published . He must have been at this time , if he had no help , a considerable pro- ficient in the Latin tongue . By Dryden's Fables , which had then been not long published 3 , and were much in the hands of poetical readers , he was ...
Page 104
... published some remarks upon it , with very little force , and with no effect 3 ; for the opinion of the publick was already settled , and it was no longer at the mercy of criticism . About this time he published The Temple of Fame ...
... published some remarks upon it , with very little force , and with no effect 3 ; for the opinion of the publick was already settled , and it was no longer at the mercy of criticism . About this time he published The Temple of Fame ...
Page 105
... published Windsor Forest ; of 65 which part was , as he relates , written at sixteen , about the same time as his Pastorals , and the latter part was added afterwards : where the addition begins , we are not told 5. The lines relating ...
... published Windsor Forest ; of 65 which part was , as he relates , written at sixteen , about the same time as his Pastorals , and the latter part was added afterwards : where the addition begins , we are not told 5. The lines relating ...
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