Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Dent, 1925 - English poetry |
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... honour of being acted by the Earl of Bridgewater's sons and daughter . The fiction is derived from Homer's Circe ; but we never can refuse to any modern the liberty of borrowing from Homer : a quo ceu fonte perenni Vatum Pieriis ora ...
... honour of being acted by the Earl of Bridgewater's sons and daughter . The fiction is derived from Homer's Circe ; but we never can refuse to any modern the liberty of borrowing from Homer : a quo ceu fonte perenni Vatum Pieriis ora ...
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... honour that any man can receive from him , which is to be railed at by him . If I had ill - nature enough to prompt me to wish a very bad wish for him , it should be , that he would go on and finish his translation . By that it will ...
... honour that any man can receive from him , which is to be railed at by him . If I had ill - nature enough to prompt me to wish a very bad wish for him , it should be , that he would go on and finish his translation . By that it will ...
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... honour and ornament of the nation , be buried after this private manner ? No , gentlemen , let all that loved Mr. Dryden , and honour his memory , alight and join with me in gaining my Lady's consent to let me have the honour of his ...
... honour and ornament of the nation , be buried after this private manner ? No , gentlemen , let all that loved Mr. Dryden , and honour his memory , alight and join with me in gaining my Lady's consent to let me have the honour of his ...
Contents
ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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Lives of the English Poets: The Prior Congreve, Blackmore and Pope Samuel Johnson No preview available - 2003 |
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