Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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Page 298
... shew a mind replete with ideas ; the numbers are smooth , and the diction , if not altogether correct , is elegant and easy . Davenant was perhaps at this time his favourite author , though Gondibert never appears to have been popular ...
... shew a mind replete with ideas ; the numbers are smooth , and the diction , if not altogether correct , is elegant and easy . Davenant was perhaps at this time his favourite author , though Gondibert never appears to have been popular ...
Page 333
... shew : No such ambition sways thy vast desires , Though Greece her own Elysian fields admires . And now , at last , contented Proserpine Can all her mother's earnest prayers decline . Whate'er thou'lt be , O guide our gentle course ...
... shew : No such ambition sways thy vast desires , Though Greece her own Elysian fields admires . And now , at last , contented Proserpine Can all her mother's earnest prayers decline . Whate'er thou'lt be , O guide our gentle course ...
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... shew him his first attempt , he found half an act written by Addison himself . He afterwards published the works of Spenser , with his Life , a Glossary , and a Discourse on Allegorical Poetry ; a work for which he was well qualified ...
... shew him his first attempt , he found half an act written by Addison himself . He afterwards published the works of Spenser , with his Life , a Glossary , and a Discourse on Allegorical Poetry ; a work for which he was well qualified ...
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