The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... occasion were those verses writ ten , which , though nothing is said of their success , seem to have recommended him to some notice ; for his praise of the Countess's music , and his lines on the famous picture of Seneca , afford rea ...
... occasion were those verses writ ten , which , though nothing is said of their success , seem to have recommended him to some notice ; for his praise of the Countess's music , and his lines on the famous picture of Seneca , afford rea ...
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... occasion proceeded from accident or imitation , is not easy to determine . Tickell might have been impressed with his expectation by Swift's " Proposal for as- certaining the English Language , " then lately pub- lished . In the ...
... occasion proceeded from accident or imitation , is not easy to determine . Tickell might have been impressed with his expectation by Swift's " Proposal for as- certaining the English Language , " then lately pub- lished . In the ...
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... occasion he had fewer or less formidable rivals ; and it would be not easy to name any other com- position produced by that event which is now re- membered . Every thing has its day . Through the reigns of William and Anne no prosperous ...
... occasion he had fewer or less formidable rivals ; and it would be not easy to name any other com- position produced by that event which is now re- membered . Every thing has its day . Through the reigns of William and Anne no prosperous ...
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... occasion , and convince him thoroughly , that we must give a different turn to our parliament and our people according to their resolution at this crisis . " Prior's public dignity and splendour commenced in August , 1713 , and ...
... occasion , and convince him thoroughly , that we must give a different turn to our parliament and our people according to their resolution at this crisis . " Prior's public dignity and splendour commenced in August , 1713 , and ...
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... occasions , being less remem- bered , raised less emotion . Some of them , how- ever , are preserved by their inherent excellence . The burlesque of Boileau's Ode on Namur has , in some parts , such airiness and levity as will al- ways ...
... occasions , being less remem- bered , raised less emotion . Some of them , how- ever , are preserved by their inherent excellence . The burlesque of Boileau's Ode on Namur has , in some parts , such airiness and levity as will al- ways ...
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