Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Dent, 1925 - English poetry |
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Page 116
... afterwards , he found them destroyed , to stop windows , and owns that they hardly deserved a better fate . He was afterwards admitted into the family of the Countess of Kent , where he had the use of a library ; and so much recommended ...
... afterwards , he found them destroyed , to stop windows , and owns that they hardly deserved a better fate . He was afterwards admitted into the family of the Countess of Kent , where he had the use of a library ; and so much recommended ...
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... afterwards presented the collection to Boileau , who , from that time , " conceived , " says Tickell , " an opinion of the English genius for poetry . " Nothing is better known of Boileau , than that he had an injudicious and peevish ...
... afterwards presented the collection to Boileau , who , from that time , " conceived , " says Tickell , " an opinion of the English genius for poetry . " Nothing is better known of Boileau , than that he had an injudicious and peevish ...
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... afterwards performed by Rowe . His acquaintance with the great writers of his time appears to have been very general ; but of his intimacy with Addison there is a remarkable proof . It is told on good authority , that Cato was finished ...
... afterwards performed by Rowe . His acquaintance with the great writers of his time appears to have been very general ; but of his intimacy with Addison there is a remarkable proof . It is told on good authority , that Cato was finished ...
Contents
ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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