Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Dent, 1925 - English poetry |
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Samuel Johnson. ADVERTISEMENT THE Booksellers having determined to publish a body of English Poetry , I was persuaded to promise them a Preface to the Works of each Author ; an undertaking , as it was then presented to my mind , not very ...
Samuel Johnson. ADVERTISEMENT THE Booksellers having determined to publish a body of English Poetry , I was persuaded to promise them a Preface to the Works of each Author ; an undertaking , as it was then presented to my mind , not very ...
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... English poet to the periods of a declaimer ; and there are only a few happy readers of Milton who enable their audience to perceive where the lines end or begin . Blank verse , said an ingenious critic , seems to be verse only to the ...
... English poet to the periods of a declaimer ; and there are only a few happy readers of Milton who enable their audience to perceive where the lines end or begin . Blank verse , said an ingenious critic , seems to be verse only to the ...
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... English literature is paid to him as he refined the language , improved the sentiments , and tuned the numbers of English poetry . After about half a century of forced thoughts , and rugged metre , some advances towards nature and ...
... English literature is paid to him as he refined the language , improved the sentiments , and tuned the numbers of English poetry . After about half a century of forced thoughts , and rugged metre , some advances towards nature and ...
Contents
ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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