Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1H. Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1906 - English poetry |
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Page 92
... perhaps unconsciously , paid to this great man by his bio- graphers : every house in which he resided is his- torically mentioned , as if it were an injury to neglect naming any place that he honoured by his presence . The King , with ...
... perhaps unconsciously , paid to this great man by his bio- graphers : every house in which he resided is his- torically mentioned , as if it were an injury to neglect naming any place that he honoured by his presence . The King , with ...
Page 157
Samuel Johnson. Nothing , and perhaps some others , are I believe genuine , and perhaps most of those which the late collection exhibits . As he cannot be supposed to have found leisure for any course of continued study , his pieces are ...
Samuel Johnson. Nothing , and perhaps some others , are I believe genuine , and perhaps most of those which the late collection exhibits . As he cannot be supposed to have found leisure for any course of continued study , his pieces are ...
Page 315
... perhaps such a beginning is natural , and could not be avoided without affectation . Both Waller and Dryden might take their hint from the poem on the civil war of Rome , Orbem jam totum , & c . Of the king collecting his navy , he says ...
... perhaps such a beginning is natural , and could not be avoided without affectation . Both Waller and Dryden might take their hint from the poem on the civil war of Rome , Orbem jam totum , & c . Of the king collecting his navy , he says ...
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