Lives of the English Poets: Cowley-DrydenClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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Page vii
... give to one another . I think that , in most instances , acknowledgement has been made in the notes ; yet where this has not been done , as he is no longer with us to remedy the omission , I wish to express here , in his name , the ...
... give to one another . I think that , in most instances , acknowledgement has been made in the notes ; yet where this has not been done , as he is no longer with us to remedy the omission , I wish to express here , in his name , the ...
Page viii
... give the number of the paragraph of the Life to which allusion is made , e . g . Ante or Post MILTON 274. The paragraph numbers are printed throughout in bold italic on the outer margin of each page of the text . In the Index , the ...
... give the number of the paragraph of the Life to which allusion is made , e . g . Ante or Post MILTON 274. The paragraph numbers are printed throughout in bold italic on the outer margin of each page of the text . In the Index , the ...
Page xii
... give a lecture at the Mechanics ' Institute of the very village in which he had been brought up , wherein he challenged a place for Tennyson among the great poets . For a time he even went to the opposite extreme , and learnt to speak ...
... give a lecture at the Mechanics ' Institute of the very village in which he had been brought up , wherein he challenged a place for Tennyson among the great poets . For a time he even went to the opposite extreme , and learnt to speak ...
Page xv
... give up the school and devote himself henceforth to literature . A few months passed at Mentone , the first of many winters to be spent abroad , did much to remove the worst symptoms of his illness ; but he never pos- sessed the same ...
... give up the school and devote himself henceforth to literature . A few months passed at Mentone , the first of many winters to be spent abroad , did much to remove the worst symptoms of his illness ; but he never pos- sessed the same ...
Page xxv
... give you a list of the Poets we mean to give , many of which are within the time of the Act of Queen Anne , which Martin and Bell cannot give , as they have no property in them ; the proprietors are almost all the booksellers in London ...
... give you a list of the Poets we mean to give , many of which are within the time of the Act of Queen Anne , which Martin and Bell cannot give , as they have no property in them ; the proprietors are almost all the booksellers in London ...
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