The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... writing answers different from those which they received . Prior , however , seems to have been overpowered by their ... write his attestation on the wrong side of the paper . They were very industrious to find some charge against Oxford ...
... writing answers different from those which they received . Prior , however , seems to have been overpowered by their ... write his attestation on the wrong side of the paper . They were very industrious to find some charge against Oxford ...
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... write something about Chloe , and try- ing to be amorous by dint of study . His fictions therefore are mythological . Venus , after the ex- ample of the Greek Epigram , asks when she was seen naked and bathing . Then Cupid is mistaken ...
... write something about Chloe , and try- ing to be amorous by dint of study . His fictions therefore are mythological . Venus , after the ex- ample of the Greek Epigram , asks when she was seen naked and bathing . Then Cupid is mistaken ...
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... write ; and of the " Carmen Seculare , " I cannot but suspect that I might praise or censure it by caprice , without dan- ger of detection ; for who can be supposed to have laboured through it ? Yet the time has been when this neglected ...
... write ; and of the " Carmen Seculare , " I cannot but suspect that I might praise or censure it by caprice , without dan- ger of detection ; for who can be supposed to have laboured through it ? Yet the time has been when this neglected ...
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... write , and the philosopher to reason . If Prior's poetry be generally considered , his praise will be that of correctness and industry , rather than of compass , of comprehension , or ac . tivity of fancy . He never made any effort of ...
... write , and the philosopher to reason . If Prior's poetry be generally considered , his praise will be that of correctness and industry , rather than of compass , of comprehension , or ac . tivity of fancy . He never made any effort of ...
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... writer considered , it is , indeed , a very wonder- ful performance ; for , whenever written , it was acted ( 1693 ) when he was not more than twenty- one years old ; and was then recommended by Mr. Dryden , Mr. Southern , and Mr ...
... writer considered , it is , indeed , a very wonder- ful performance ; for , whenever written , it was acted ( 1693 ) when he was not more than twenty- one years old ; and was then recommended by Mr. Dryden , Mr. Southern , and Mr ...
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