The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... character of his deceased pa- tron , the Duke of Dorset ; it began with the Col- lege Exercise , and ended with the " Nut - brown Maid . " The battle of Ramillies soon afterwards ( in 1706 ) excited him to another effort of poetry . On ...
... character of his deceased pa- tron , the Duke of Dorset ; it began with the Col- lege Exercise , and ended with the " Nut - brown Maid . " The battle of Ramillies soon afterwards ( in 1706 ) excited him to another effort of poetry . On ...
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... character . By some mistake of the Queen's orders , the court of France had been disgusted ; and Bolingbroke says in his letter , " Dear Mat , hide the nakedness of thy country , and give the best turn thy fertile brain will furnish ...
... character . By some mistake of the Queen's orders , the court of France had been disgusted ; and Bolingbroke says in his letter , " Dear Mat , hide the nakedness of thy country , and give the best turn thy fertile brain will furnish ...
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... character and fami- liar practices . He lived at a time when the rage of party detected all which it was any man's in- terest to hide ; and , as little ill is heard of Prior , it is certain that not much was known . He was not afraid of ...
... character and fami- liar practices . He lived at a time when the rage of party detected all which it was any man's in- terest to hide ; and , as little ill is heard of Prior , it is certain that not much was known . He was not afraid of ...
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... character suffers an abate- ment , it must be from the disproportion of his rhymes , which have not always sufficient conso- nance , and from the admission of broken lines into his " Solomon ; " but perhaps he thought , like Cow- ley ...
... character suffers an abate- ment , it must be from the disproportion of his rhymes , which have not always sufficient conso- nance , and from the admission of broken lines into his " Solomon ; " but perhaps he thought , like Cow- ley ...
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... characters , and exact observation of the passing world ; the difficulty therefore is , to conceive how this knowledge can be obtained by a boy . But if " The Old Bachelor " be more nearly ex- amined , it will be found to be one of ...
... characters , and exact observation of the passing world ; the difficulty therefore is , to conceive how this knowledge can be obtained by a boy . But if " The Old Bachelor " be more nearly ex- amined , it will be found to be one of ...
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