Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1H. Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1906 - English poetry |
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Page 52
... observed in divers other places of this poem , that else will pass for very careless verses : as before , And over - runs the neighb'ring fields with violent course . ' In the second book , Down a precipice deep , down he casts them all ...
... observed in divers other places of this poem , that else will pass for very careless verses : as before , And over - runs the neighb'ring fields with violent course . ' In the second book , Down a precipice deep , down he casts them all ...
Page 249
... observed , that what is good only because it pleases , cannot be pronounced good till it has been found to please . Sir Martin Marall is a comedy , published without preface or dedication , and at first without the name of the author ...
... observed , that what is good only because it pleases , cannot be pronounced good till it has been found to please . Sir Martin Marall is a comedy , published without preface or dedication , and at first without the name of the author ...
Page 446
... observed that the last line is imitated by Pope : Marlb'rough's exploits appear divinely bright- Rais'd of themselves , their genuine charms they boast , And those that paint them truest , praise them most . This Pope had in his ...
... observed that the last line is imitated by Pope : Marlb'rough's exploits appear divinely bright- Rais'd of themselves , their genuine charms they boast , And those that paint them truest , praise them most . This Pope had in his ...
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