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... poetry . The death of Queen Mary ( in 1695 ) produced a subject for all the writers ; perhaps no funeral was ever so poetically at- tended . Dryden , indeed , as a man discountenanced and de- prived , was silent ; but scarcely any other ...
... poetry . The death of Queen Mary ( in 1695 ) produced a subject for all the writers ; perhaps no funeral was ever so poetically at- tended . Dryden , indeed , as a man discountenanced and de- prived , was silent ; but scarcely any other ...
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... the Duke of Dorset ; it began with the College Exercise , and ended with the " Nut - brown Maid . " The battle of Ramillies soon afterwards ( in 1706 ) excited him to another effort of poetry . On this occasion 4 PRIOR .
... the Duke of Dorset ; it began with the College Exercise , and ended with the " Nut - brown Maid . " The battle of Ramillies soon afterwards ( in 1706 ) excited him to another effort of poetry . On this occasion 4 PRIOR .
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... poetry . In the last war , when France was disgraced and overpowered in every quarter of the globe ; when Spain , coming to her assistance , only shared her calamities , and the name of an Englishman was reverenced through Europe , no poet ...
... poetry . In the last war , when France was disgraced and overpowered in every quarter of the globe ; when Spain , coming to her assistance , only shared her calamities , and the name of an Englishman was reverenced through Europe , no poet ...
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... poet may learn to write , and the philosopher to reason . I If Prior's poetry be generally considered , his praise will be that of correctness and industry , rather than of compass , of comprehension , or activity of fancy . He never ...
... poet may learn to write , and the philosopher to reason . I If Prior's poetry be generally considered , his praise will be that of correctness and industry , rather than of compass , of comprehension , or activity of fancy . He never ...
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... poetry . He had apparently such rectitude of judgment as secured him from every thing that approached to the ridiculous or absurd ; but as laws operate in civil agency not to the excite- ment of virtue , but the repression of wickedness ...
... poetry . He had apparently such rectitude of judgment as secured him from every thing that approached to the ridiculous or absurd ; but as laws operate in civil agency not to the excite- ment of virtue , but the repression of wickedness ...
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