Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Dent, 1925 - English poetry |
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... poets observed it , for aught I can find . The Latins ( qui musas colunt severiores ) sometimes did it ; and ... poet that mingled Alexandrines at pleasure with the common heroic of ten syllables ; and from him Dryden borrowed ...
... poets observed it , for aught I can find . The Latins ( qui musas colunt severiores ) sometimes did it ; and ... poet that mingled Alexandrines at pleasure with the common heroic of ten syllables ; and from him Dryden borrowed ...
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... poet till he has attained the whole extension of his language , distinguished all the delicacies of phrase , and all the colours of words , and learned to adjust their different sounds to all the varieties of metrical modulation . Bossu ...
... poet till he has attained the whole extension of his language , distinguished all the delicacies of phrase , and all the colours of words , and learned to adjust their different sounds to all the varieties of metrical modulation . Bossu ...
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... Poet - His first Verses - His Panegyric on Cromwell - His Poem on the Restoration - His first Play- Revival of the Drama - Heroic Plays with Rhyme - Becomes a constant Writer for the Stage - Made Poet Laureate - His Controversy with ...
... Poet - His first Verses - His Panegyric on Cromwell - His Poem on the Restoration - His first Play- Revival of the Drama - Heroic Plays with Rhyme - Becomes a constant Writer for the Stage - Made Poet Laureate - His Controversy with ...
Contents
ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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