Lives of the English Poets: Cowley-DrydenClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... supposed to have engaged in it with less provision of materials than might have been accumulated by longer premeditation 2 . Of the later writers at least I might , by attention and enquiry , have gleaned many particulars , which would ...
... supposed to have engaged in it with less provision of materials than might have been accumulated by longer premeditation 2 . Of the later writers at least I might , by attention and enquiry , have gleaned many particulars , which would ...
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... supposed that he did not go to France , and act again for the King , without the consent of his bondsman : that he did not shew his loyalty at the hazard of his friend , but by his friend's permission , Of the verses on Oliver's death ...
... supposed that he did not go to France , and act again for the King , without the consent of his bondsman : that he did not shew his loyalty at the hazard of his friend , but by his friend's permission , Of the verses on Oliver's death ...
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... supposed to have been incapable of nature or feeling : they are usually opposed to such writers as Shenstone and Parnell ; whereas , in the very thickest of their conceits , -in the bewildering mazes of tropes and figures , a warmth of ...
... supposed to have been incapable of nature or feeling : they are usually opposed to such writers as Shenstone and Parnell ; whereas , in the very thickest of their conceits , -in the bewildering mazes of tropes and figures , a warmth of ...
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... supposed to have been seen , but what thoughts the sight might have suggested . When Virgil describes the stone which Turnus lifted against Æneas , he fixes the attention on its bulk and weight : ' Saxum circumspicit ingens , Saxum ...
... supposed to have been seen , but what thoughts the sight might have suggested . When Virgil describes the stone which Turnus lifted against Æneas , he fixes the attention on its bulk and weight : ' Saxum circumspicit ingens , Saxum ...
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... supposed his maturer judgement disapproved , since in his latter works he has totally forborne them . His rhymes are such as seem found without difficulty by 39 following the sense ; and are for the most part as exact at Eng . Poets ...
... supposed his maturer judgement disapproved , since in his latter works he has totally forborne them . His rhymes are such as seem found without difficulty by 39 following the sense ; and are for the most part as exact at Eng . Poets ...
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