The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... nature no thirster for blood . Prior was a week after com- mitted to close custody , with orders that " no per- son should be admitted to see him without leave from the Speaker . " . When , two years after , an Act of Grace was passed ...
... nature no thirster for blood . Prior was a week after com- mitted to close custody , with orders that " no per- son should be admitted to see him without leave from the Speaker . " . When , two years after , an Act of Grace was passed ...
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... nature or by passion , and have neither gallantry nor tenderness . They have the coldness of Cowley , without his wit , the dull exercises of a skilful versifier , resolved at all ad- ventures to write something about Chloe , and try ...
... nature or by passion , and have neither gallantry nor tenderness . They have the coldness of Cowley , without his wit , the dull exercises of a skilful versifier , resolved at all ad- ventures to write something about Chloe , and try ...
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... nature , a poem of any length , cold and lifeless like this , may be easily written on any subject . In his Epilogues to Phædra and to Lucius he is very happily facetious ; but in the prologue before the Queen , the pedant has found his ...
... nature , a poem of any length , cold and lifeless like this , may be easily written on any subject . In his Epilogues to Phædra and to Lucius he is very happily facetious ; but in the prologue before the Queen , the pedant has found his ...
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... nature . The characters , both of men and women , are either fictitious and artificial , as those of Heartwell and ... natural , but he is very 28 CONGREVE .
... nature . The characters , both of men and women , are either fictitious and artificial , as those of Heartwell and ... natural , but he is very 28 CONGREVE .
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... natural characters . This , however , was re- ceived with more benevolence than any other of his works , and ... nature than the plays of Congreve . About this time began the long - continued contro- versy between Collier and the ...
... natural characters . This , however , was re- ceived with more benevolence than any other of his works , and ... nature than the plays of Congreve . About this time began the long - continued contro- versy between Collier and the ...
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