The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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... original to great eminence . He was born July 21 , 1664 , according to some , at Winburn , in Dorsetshire , of I know not what parents ; others say , that he was the son of a joiner of London ; he was perhaps willing enough to leave his ...
... original to great eminence . He was born July 21 , 1664 , according to some , at Winburn , in Dorsetshire , of I know not what parents ; others say , that he was the son of a joiner of London ; he was perhaps willing enough to leave his ...
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... original , as one said , but , I suppose , that his faculties , Strain'd to the height , In that celestial colloquy sublime , Dazzled and spent , sunk down , and sought repair . " Poor Prior , why was he so strained , and in such want ...
... original , as one said , but , I suppose , that his faculties , Strain'd to the height , In that celestial colloquy sublime , Dazzled and spent , sunk down , and sought repair . " Poor Prior , why was he so strained , and in such want ...
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... original author of any Tale which he has given us . The adventure of " Hans Carvel " has passed through many successions of merry wits ; for it is to be found in Ariosto's " Satires , " and is perhaps yet older . But the merit of such ...
... original author of any Tale which he has given us . The adventure of " Hans Carvel " has passed through many successions of merry wits ; for it is to be found in Ariosto's " Satires , " and is perhaps yet older . But the merit of such ...
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... original . The epistle to Boileau is not so happy . The poems to the King are now perused only by young students , who read merely that they may learn to write ; and of the " Carmen Seculare , " I cannot but suspect that I might praise ...
... original . The epistle to Boileau is not so happy . The poems to the King are now perused only by young students , who read merely that they may learn to write ; and of the " Carmen Seculare , " I cannot but suspect that I might praise ...
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... The " Thief and Cordelier " is , I suppose , generally considered as an original production ; with how much justice this epigram may tell , which was written by Georgius Sabi- nus , a poet now little known or read , 16 PRIOR .
... The " Thief and Cordelier " is , I suppose , generally considered as an original production ; with how much justice this epigram may tell , which was written by Georgius Sabi- nus , a poet now little known or read , 16 PRIOR .
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