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... lord Roscommon , being a boy of ten years of age , at Caen in Normandy , one day was , as it were , madly ... lordship's relations con- firm the same . ' Aubrey's Miscellany . The present age is very little inclined to favour any ...
... lord Roscommon , being a boy of ten years of age , at Caen in Normandy , one day was , as it were , madly ... lordship's relations con- firm the same . ' Aubrey's Miscellany . The present age is very little inclined to favour any ...
Page 167
... Lord Roscommon's Essay on Trans- lated Verse , ' says Dryden , which made me uneasy , till I tried whether or no I was capable of follow- ing his rules , and of reducing the speculation into practice . For many a fair precept in poetry ...
... Lord Roscommon's Essay on Trans- lated Verse , ' says Dryden , which made me uneasy , till I tried whether or no I was capable of follow- ing his rules , and of reducing the speculation into practice . For many a fair precept in poetry ...
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... Lord Roscommon gave them a prologue , and Sir Edward Dering an Epilogue ; which , ' says she , are the best performances of those kinds I ever saw . ' If this is not criticism , it is at least gratitude . The thought of bringing Caesar ...
... Lord Roscommon gave them a prologue , and Sir Edward Dering an Epilogue ; which , ' says she , are the best performances of those kinds I ever saw . ' If this is not criticism , it is at least gratitude . The thought of bringing Caesar ...
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Lives of the English Poets: The Prior Congreve, Blackmore and Pope Samuel Johnson No preview available - 2003 |
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