LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... supposed to have been seen , but what thoughts the sight might have suggested . When Virgil describes the stone which Turnus lifted against Æneas , he fixes the attention on its bulk and weight : Saxum circumspicit ingens , Saxum ...
... supposed to have been seen , but what thoughts the sight might have suggested . When Virgil describes the stone which Turnus lifted against Æneas , he fixes the attention on its bulk and weight : Saxum circumspicit ingens , Saxum ...
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... supposed his maturer judgment disapproved , since in his latter works he has totally forborn them . His rhymes are such as seem found without difficulty , by following the sense ; and are for the most part as exact at least as those of ...
... supposed his maturer judgment disapproved , since in his latter works he has totally forborn them . His rhymes are such as seem found without difficulty , by following the sense ; and are for the most part as exact at least as those of ...
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... supposed , that he who read so much should have done nothing else ; but Milton found time to write the Masque of Comus , which was pre- sented at Ludlow , then the residence of the Lord President of Wales , in 1634 ; and had the honour ...
... supposed , that he who read so much should have done nothing else ; but Milton found time to write the Masque of Comus , which was pre- sented at Ludlow , then the residence of the Lord President of Wales , in 1634 ; and had the honour ...
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Samuel Johnson. As secretary to the Protector he is supposed to have written the Declaration of the reasons for a war with Spain . His agency was considered as of great im- portance ; for when a treaty with Sweden was artfully suspended ...
Samuel Johnson. As secretary to the Protector he is supposed to have written the Declaration of the reasons for a war with Spain . His agency was considered as of great im- portance ; for when a treaty with Sweden was artfully suspended ...
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... supposed to have begun to reduce to its present form about the time ( 1655 ) when he finished his dispute with the defenders of the king . He long had promised to adorn his native country by some great perfor- mance , while he had yet ...
... supposed to have begun to reduce to its present form about the time ( 1655 ) when he finished his dispute with the defenders of the king . He long had promised to adorn his native country by some great perfor- mance , while he had yet ...
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