The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... original to great eminence . He was born July 21 , 166 , 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 , 166 , 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 . 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... original production ; with how much justice this epigram may tell , which was written by Georgius Sabinus , a poet now little known or read , though once the friend of Luther and Melancthon : De Sacerdote Furem consolante . Quidam ...
... original production ; with how much justice this epigram may tell , which was written by Georgius Sabinus , a poet now little known or read , though once the friend of Luther and Melancthon : De Sacerdote Furem consolante . Quidam ...
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... original , but they are sometimes harsh : as he inherited no elegances , none has he bequeathed . His expres- sion has every mark of laborious study ; the line seldom seems to have been formed at once ; the words did not come till they ...
... original , but they are sometimes harsh : as he inherited no elegances , none has he bequeathed . His expres- sion has every mark of laborious study ; the line seldom seems to have been formed at once ; the words did not come till they ...
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