Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Dent, 1925 - English poetry |
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... passed through Cambridge in his way to York , he was entertained with a representation of the Guardian , a comedy , which Cowley says was neither written nor acted , but rough - drawn by him , and repeated by the scholars . That this ...
... passed through Cambridge in his way to York , he was entertained with a representation of the Guardian , a comedy , which Cowley says was neither written nor acted , but rough - drawn by him , and repeated by the scholars . That this ...
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... passed through France ; and came home [ August 1639 ] , after an absence of a year and three months . At his return he heard of the death of his friend Charles Deodati ; a man whom it is reasonable to suppose of great merit , since he ...
... passed through France ; and came home [ August 1639 ] , after an absence of a year and three months . At his return he heard of the death of his friend Charles Deodati ; a man whom it is reasonable to suppose of great merit , since he ...
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... passed them over without the least thought of resentment or revenge . As Homer had a Zoilus , so Mr. Rowe had sometimes his ; for there were not wanting malevolent people , and pretenders to poetry too , that would now and then bark at ...
... passed them over without the least thought of resentment or revenge . As Homer had a Zoilus , so Mr. Rowe had sometimes his ; for there were not wanting malevolent people , and pretenders to poetry too , that would now and then bark at ...
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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