The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... produce ef- fects proportionate to the magnificence of the trans- action . The conduct of Prior in this splendid ... produced a subject for all the writers ; perhaps no funeral was ever so poetically attended . Dryden , indeed , as a ...
... produce ef- fects proportionate to the magnificence of the trans- action . The conduct of Prior in this splendid ... produced a subject for all the writers ; perhaps no funeral was ever so poetically attended . Dryden , indeed , as a ...
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... produced one of his longest and most splendid compositions , the " Carmen Secu- lare , " in which he exhausts all his powers of cele- bration . I mean not to accuse him of flattery he probably thought all that he wrote , and retained as ...
... produced one of his longest and most splendid compositions , the " Carmen Secu- lare , " in which he exhausts all his powers of cele- bration . I mean not to accuse him of flattery he probably thought all that he wrote , and retained as ...
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... produced by that event which is now re- membered . Every thing has its day . Through the reigns of William and Anne no prosperous event passed un- dignified by poetry . In the last war , when France was disgraced and overpowered in ...
... produced by that event which is now re- membered . Every thing has its day . Through the reigns of William and Anne no prosperous event passed un- dignified by poetry . In the last war , when France was disgraced and overpowered in ...
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... produce of the sense in which the general preliminary engagements are entered into ; besides which , as he is the best versed in matters of trade of all your Majesty's servants who have been trust- ed in this secret , if you should ...
... produce of the sense in which the general preliminary engagements are entered into ; besides which , as he is the best versed in matters of trade of all your Majesty's servants who have been trust- ed in this secret , if you should ...
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... produced these extem- porary lines : Mais cette voix , et ces beaux yeux , Font Cupidon trop dangereux ; Et je suis triste quand je crie , Bannissons la Melancholie . Tradition represents him as willing to descend from the dignity of ...
... produced these extem- porary lines : Mais cette voix , et ces beaux yeux , Font Cupidon trop dangereux ; Et je suis triste quand je crie , Bannissons la Melancholie . Tradition represents him as willing to descend from the dignity of ...
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