Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Dent, 1925 - English poetry |
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... relates with great luxuriance the compensation which the pleasures of the theatre afford him . Plays were therefore ... relate to canonical obedience . I know not any of the Articles which seem to thwart his opinions : but the thoughts ...
... relates with great luxuriance the compensation which the pleasures of the theatre afford him . Plays were therefore ... relate to canonical obedience . I know not any of the Articles which seem to thwart his opinions : but the thoughts ...
Page 75
... relates Lucifer's rebellion and fall . Adam , } fallen . Eve , ACT IV Conscience cites them to God's examination . Chorus bewails , and tells the good Adam has lost . ACT V Adam and Eve driven out of Paradise . presented by an angel ...
... relates Lucifer's rebellion and fall . Adam , } fallen . Eve , ACT IV Conscience cites them to God's examination . Chorus bewails , and tells the good Adam has lost . ACT V Adam and Eve driven out of Paradise . presented by an angel ...
Page 373
... com- manded , and there made , as he relates , two curious remarks : " I have observed two things , which I dare affirm , though not generally believed . One was , that the wind of 373 JOHN SHEFFIELD, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (1649-1720-21)
... com- manded , and there made , as he relates , two curious remarks : " I have observed two things , which I dare affirm , though not generally believed . One was , that the wind of 373 JOHN SHEFFIELD, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (1649-1720-21)
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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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