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... -459 ADDITIONAL APPENDICES MS . of Pope's Iliad 459 Thomson and the Surveyor - Generalship of the Leeward Islands 459-461 INDEX 463-558 TITLES OF WORKS QUOTED IN THE NOTES 559-568 LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER VOL .
... -459 ADDITIONAL APPENDICES MS . of Pope's Iliad 459 Thomson and the Surveyor - Generalship of the Leeward Islands 459-461 INDEX 463-558 TITLES OF WORKS QUOTED IN THE NOTES 559-568 LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER VOL .
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... quoted in Waller's Poems , ed . G. T. Drury , 1893 , Pref . xv . n . vol . i , p . 410 n . 7 , for 1859 read 1589 . vol . i , p . 412 n . 1 , for Essay of English Poesy read Essay of Dramatic Poesy . vol . ii , p . 87 n . 5 , Ante ...
... quoted in Waller's Poems , ed . G. T. Drury , 1893 , Pref . xv . n . vol . i , p . 410 n . 7 , for 1859 read 1589 . vol . i , p . 412 n . 1 , for Essay of English Poesy read Essay of Dramatic Poesy . vol . ii , p . 87 n . 5 , Ante ...
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... quoted by Cunningham , Lives of the Poets , i . 9 . * Hurd's Cowley , i . 11 . 3 Ib . In an ode addressed to him he says , ' with enormous and disgusting hyperbole ' ( post , COWLEY , 80 ) : - ' Scarce could the sword dispatch more to ...
... quoted by Cunningham , Lives of the Poets , i . 9 . * Hurd's Cowley , i . 11 . 3 Ib . In an ode addressed to him he says , ' with enormous and disgusting hyperbole ' ( post , COWLEY , 80 ) : - ' Scarce could the sword dispatch more to ...
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... quoted in the Del- phine Horace ( 1776 ) , p . 344. ] 2 It is inscribed The Motto . It begins : - ' What shall I do to be for ever known , And make the age to come my own ? I shall like beasts or common people die , Unless you write my ...
... quoted in the Del- phine Horace ( 1776 ) , p . 344. ] 2 It is inscribed The Motto . It begins : - ' What shall I do to be for ever known , And make the age to come my own ? I shall like beasts or common people die , Unless you write my ...
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... quoted in his sermon Cowley's translation from Anacreon's Age [ Eng . Poets , vii . 189 ] : - ' Oft am I by the women told , Poor Anacreon ! thou growest old ; Look how thy hairs are falling all ; Poor Anacreon , how they fall ! Whether ...
... quoted in his sermon Cowley's translation from Anacreon's Age [ Eng . Poets , vii . 189 ] : - ' Oft am I by the women told , Poor Anacreon ! thou growest old ; Look how thy hairs are falling all ; Poor Anacreon , how they fall ! Whether ...
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