Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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Page 264
... Absalom and Achitophel had two answers , now both forgotten ; one called Azaria and Hushai ; the other Absalom Senior . Of these hostile compositions , Dryden apparently imputes Absalom Senior to Settle , by quoting in his verses ...
... Absalom and Achitophel had two answers , now both forgotten ; one called Azaria and Hushai ; the other Absalom Senior . Of these hostile compositions , Dryden apparently imputes Absalom Senior to Settle , by quoting in his verses ...
Page 265
... Absalom and Achitophel , and was perhaps for his factious audacity made the city poet , whose annual office was to describe the glories of the Mayor's day . Of these bards he was the last , and seems not much to have deserved even this ...
... Absalom and Achitophel , and was perhaps for his factious audacity made the city poet , whose annual office was to describe the glories of the Mayor's day . Of these bards he was the last , and seems not much to have deserved even this ...
Page 309
... Absalom and Achitophel , but upon a narrower plan , gives less pleasure , though it discovers equal abilities in the writer . The superstructure cannot extend beyond the foundation ; a single character or incident cannot furnish as many ...
... Absalom and Achitophel , but upon a narrower plan , gives less pleasure , though it discovers equal abilities in the writer . The superstructure cannot extend beyond the foundation ; a single character or incident cannot furnish as many ...
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