The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... sometimes , as is said , by Mrs. Manley . Some are owned by Swift ; and one , in ridicule of Garth's verses to Godolphin upon the loss of his place , was written by Prior , and answered by Addison , who appears to have known the Author ...
... sometimes , as is said , by Mrs. Manley . Some are owned by Swift ; and one , in ridicule of Garth's verses to Godolphin upon the loss of his place , was written by Prior , and answered by Addison , who appears to have known the Author ...
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... sometimes vague , some . times insidious , and writing answers different from those which they received . Prior , however , seems to have been overpowered by their turbulence ; for he confesses that he signed what , if he had ever come ...
... sometimes vague , some . times insidious , and writing answers different from those which they received . Prior , however , seems to have been overpowered by their turbulence ; for he confesses that he signed what , if he had ever come ...
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... sometimes ideal ; but the woman with whom he cohabited was a despicable drab of the lowest species . One of his wenches , perhaps Chloe , while he was absent from his house , stole his plate , and ran away ; as was related by a woman ...
... sometimes ideal ; but the woman with whom he cohabited was a despicable drab of the lowest species . One of his wenches , perhaps Chloe , while he was absent from his house , stole his plate , and ran away ; as was related by a woman ...
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... sometimes elegant , sometimes trifling , and sometimes dull ; amongst the best are the " Ca- melion , " and the epitaph on John and Joan . Scarcely any one of our poets has written so much and translated so little : the version of Cal ...
... sometimes elegant , sometimes trifling , and sometimes dull ; amongst the best are the " Ca- melion , " and the epitaph on John and Joan . Scarcely any one of our poets has written so much and translated so little : the version of Cal ...
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... sometimes into gran- deur by violence of effort , as the lion kindles his fury by the lashes of his own tail . Whatever Prior obtains above mediocrity seems the effort of strug- gle and of toil . He has many vigorous but few happy lines ...
... sometimes into gran- deur by violence of effort , as the lion kindles his fury by the lashes of his own tail . Whatever Prior obtains above mediocrity seems the effort of strug- gle and of toil . He has many vigorous but few happy lines ...
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