Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Dent, 1925 - English poetry |
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Page 53
... less , my fate to find . 53 . From this kind of concatenated metre he afterwards refrained , and taught his ... less skilful , or at least less dexterous in the use of words ; and though they had been more frequent , they could only have ...
... less , my fate to find . 53 . From this kind of concatenated metre he afterwards refrained , and taught his ... less skilful , or at least less dexterous in the use of words ; and though they had been more frequent , they could only have ...
Page 137
... less severe , may be answered by a remarker somewhat inclined to cavil , by a contrary supposition , that his judgment would probably have been less severe if his imagina- tion had been more fruitful . It is ridiculous to oppose ...
... less severe , may be answered by a remarker somewhat inclined to cavil , by a contrary supposition , that his judgment would probably have been less severe if his imagina- tion had been more fruitful . It is ridiculous to oppose ...
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... less time than The Royal Martyr ; though the author thought not fit , either ostentatiously or mournfully , to tell how little labour it cost him , or at how short a warning he produced it . It was a temporary perform- ance , written in ...
... less time than The Royal Martyr ; though the author thought not fit , either ostentatiously or mournfully , to tell how little labour it cost him , or at how short a warning he produced it . It was a temporary perform- ance , written in ...
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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