Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1H. Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1906 - English poetry |
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Page 83
... , he misses a better authority than any that he has found , that of Juvenal in his fourth satire : - Quid agis cum dira & foedior omni Crimine Persona est ? As Salmasius reproached Milton with losing his eyes in the MILTON 83.
... , he misses a better authority than any that he has found , that of Juvenal in his fourth satire : - Quid agis cum dira & foedior omni Crimine Persona est ? As Salmasius reproached Milton with losing his eyes in the MILTON 83.
Page 262
... Juvenal . The Assignation , or Love in a Nunnery , a comedy , was driven off the stage , against the opinion , as the author says , of the best judges . It is dedicated , in a very elegant address , to Sir Charles Sedley ; in which he ...
... Juvenal . The Assignation , or Love in a Nunnery , a comedy , was driven off the stage , against the opinion , as the author says , of the best judges . It is dedicated , in a very elegant address , to Sir Charles Sedley ; in which he ...
Page 287
... Juvenal , they must have been taught some religion before their father's change . Of the person of Dryden I know not any account ; of his mind , the portrait which has been left by Congreve , who knew him with great familiarity , is ...
... Juvenal , they must have been taught some religion before their father's change . Of the person of Dryden I know not any account ; of his mind , the portrait which has been left by Congreve , who knew him with great familiarity , is ...
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