The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... passed some of the next years in the quiet cultivation of literature and poetry . The death of Queen Mary ( in 1695 ) produced a subject for all the writers ; perhaps no funeral was ever so poetically attended . Dryden , indeed , as a ...
... passed some of the next years in the quiet cultivation of literature and poetry . The death of Queen Mary ( in 1695 ) produced a subject for all the writers ; perhaps no funeral was ever so poetically attended . Dryden , indeed , as a ...
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... passed un- dignified by 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 ...
... passed un- dignified by 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 ...
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... passed , he was excepted , and continued still in cus- tody , which he had made less tedious by writing his " Alma . " He was , however , soon after discharged . He had now his liberty , but he had nothing else . Whatever the profit of ...
... passed , he was excepted , and continued still in cus- tody , which he had made less tedious by writing his " Alma . " He was , however , soon after discharged . He had now his liberty , but he had nothing else . Whatever the profit of ...
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... passing the day in con- templative tranquillity . But it seems that busy men seldom live long in a state of quiet . It is not unlikely that his health declined . He complains of deafness ; " for , " says he , " I took little care of my ...
... passing the day in con- templative tranquillity . But it seems that busy men seldom live long in a state of quiet . It is not unlikely that his health declined . He complains of deafness ; " for , " says he , " I took little care of my ...
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... passed through many successions of merry wits ; for it is to be found in Ariosto's " Satires , " and is perhaps yet older . But the merit of such stories is the art of telling them . In his amorous effusions he is less happy ; for they ...
... passed through many successions of merry wits ; for it is to be found in Ariosto's " Satires , " and is perhaps yet older . But the merit of such stories is the art of telling them . In his amorous effusions he is less happy ; for they ...
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