Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Dent, 1925 - English poetry |
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... knowledge of right and wrong ; the next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind , and with those examples which may be said to embody truth , and prove by events the reason- ableness of opinions . Prudence and justice are virtues ...
... knowledge of right and wrong ; the next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind , and with those examples which may be said to embody truth , and prove by events the reason- ableness of opinions . Prudence and justice are virtues ...
Page 120
... knowledge which has no relation to chivalry , and loads him with martial encumbrances that can add nothing to his civil dignity . He sends him out a colonelling , and yet never brings him within sight of war . If Hudibras be considered ...
... knowledge which has no relation to chivalry , and loads him with martial encumbrances that can add nothing to his civil dignity . He sends him out a colonelling , and yet never brings him within sight of war . If Hudibras be considered ...
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... knowledge which I have been able to collect concerning the private life and domestic manners of a man whom every English generation must mention with reverence as a critic and a poet . Dryden may be properly considered as the father of ...
... knowledge which I have been able to collect concerning the private life and domestic manners of a man whom every English generation must mention with reverence as a critic and a poet . Dryden may be properly considered as the father of ...
Contents
ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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