The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1858 - English poetry |
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Page 1
... written by Dr. Sprat , an author whose pregnancy of imagination and elegance of language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration ...
... written by Dr. Sprat , an author whose pregnancy of imagination and elegance of language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration ...
Page 2
... written , but printed , in his thirteenth year ; containing , with other poetical compositions , " The tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe , " written when he was ten years old ; and " Constantia and Philetus , " written two years ...
... written , but printed , in his thirteenth year ; containing , with other poetical compositions , " The tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe , " written when he was ten years old ; and " Constantia and Philetus , " written two years ...
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... written , while he was yet a young student , the greater part of his " Davideis ; " a work , of which the materials could not have been collected without the study of many years , but by a mind of the greatest vigour and activity . Two ...
... written , while he was yet a young student , the greater part of his " Davideis ; " a work , of which the materials could not have been collected without the study of many years , but by a mind of the greatest vigour and activity . Two ...
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... written like those of other men whose minds are more on things than words , contribute no otherwise to his reputation than as they shew him to have been above the affectation of unseasonable elegance , and to have known that the ...
... written like those of other men whose minds are more on things than words , contribute no otherwise to his reputation than as they shew him to have been above the affectation of unseasonable elegance , and to have known that the ...
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... writing when the feuds of the civil war were yet recent , and the minds of either party were easily irritated , was ... written with narrow views , and , instead of tracing intellectual pleasures in the minds of men , paid their court ...
... writing when the feuds of the civil war were yet recent , and the minds of either party were easily irritated , was ... written with narrow views , and , instead of tracing intellectual pleasures in the minds of men , paid their court ...
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