Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Dent, 1925 - English poetry |
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... learning , and to show their learning was their whole endeavour ; but , unluckily resolving to show it in rhyme , instead of writing poetry they only wrote X 1 verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger ...
... learning , and to show their learning was their whole endeavour ; but , unluckily resolving to show it in rhyme , instead of writing poetry they only wrote X 1 verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger ...
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... learning ' sake , and embrace virtue for itself , yet it is true , that youth , which is the season when learning is gotten , is not without ambition : nor will ever take pains to excel in anything , when there is not some hope of ...
... learning ' sake , and embrace virtue for itself , yet it is true , that youth , which is the season when learning is gotten , is not without ambition : nor will ever take pains to excel in anything , when there is not some hope of ...
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... learning preserved his principles ; he grew first regular , and then pious . His studies had been so various , that I am not able to name a man of equal knowledge . His acquaintance with books was great ; and what he did not immediately ...
... learning preserved his principles ; he grew first regular , and then pious . His studies had been so various , that I am not able to name a man of equal knowledge . His acquaintance with books was great ; and what he did not immediately ...
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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