Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Dent, 1925 - English poetry |
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... Æneid had that number ; but he had leisure or perseverance only to write the third part . Epic poems have been left unfinished by Virgil , Statius , Spenser , and Cowley . That we have not the whole Davideis is , however , not much to ...
... Æneid had that number ; but he had leisure or perseverance only to write the third part . Epic poems have been left unfinished by Virgil , Statius , Spenser , and Cowley . That we have not the whole Davideis is , however , not much to ...
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... Æneid should be much delighted with any version . All these obstacles Dryden saw , and all these he determined to encounter . The expectation of his work was undoubtedly great ; the nation considered its honour as interested in the ...
... Æneid should be much delighted with any version . All these obstacles Dryden saw , and all these he determined to encounter . The expectation of his work was undoubtedly great ; the nation considered its honour as interested in the ...
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... Æneid , which when dragged into the world did not live long enough to cry . I have never seen it ; but that such a version there is , or has been , perhaps some old catalogue informed me . With not much better success , Trapp , when his ...
... Æneid , which when dragged into the world did not live long enough to cry . I have never seen it ; but that such a version there is , or has been , perhaps some old catalogue informed me . With not much better success , Trapp , when his ...
Contents
ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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