The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... telling them . In his amorous effusions he is less happy ; for they are not dictated by nature or by passion , and have neither gallantry nor tenderness . They have the coldness of Cowley , without his wit , the dull exercises of a ...
... telling them . In his amorous effusions he is less happy ; for they are not dictated by nature or by passion , and have neither gallantry nor tenderness . They have the coldness of Cowley , without his wit , the dull exercises of a ...
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... 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 sacrificus furem comitatus euntem Huc ubi dat sontes carnificina ...
... 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 sacrificus furem comitatus euntem Huc ubi dat sontes carnificina ...
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... tell ! Nothing but groans and sighs were heard around , And echo multiplied each mournful sound . In both these funeral poems , when he has yelled out many syllables of senseless dolour , he dis- misses his reader with senseless ...
... tell ! Nothing but groans and sighs were heard around , And echo multiplied each mournful sound . In both these funeral poems , when he has yelled out many syllables of senseless dolour , he dis- misses his reader with senseless ...
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... tell his own mo- tives , for a nobler purpose , to engage poetry in the cause of virtue . I believe it is peculiar to him , that his first pub . At Sadlers ' Hall . lic work was an heroic poem . He was not 40 BLACKMORE .
... tell his own mo- tives , for a nobler purpose , to engage poetry in the cause of virtue . I believe it is peculiar to him , that his first pub . At Sadlers ' Hall . lic work was an heroic poem . He was not 40 BLACKMORE .
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... the same idle tale with Congreve , and does not tell it so well . He translates from Ovid the same epistle as Pope ; but I am afraid not with equal happiness . To examine his performances one by one would be tedious 64 FENTON .
... the same idle tale with Congreve , and does not tell it so well . He translates from Ovid the same epistle as Pope ; but I am afraid not with equal happiness . To examine his performances one by one would be tedious 64 FENTON .
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