Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Dent, 1925 - English poetry |
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... seems to have been gratuitously transferred to Milton . What he has told us , and we cannot now know more , is , that he composed much of his poem in the night and morning , I suppose before his mind was disturbed with common business ...
... seems to have been gratuitously transferred to Milton . What he has told us , and we cannot now know more , is , that he composed much of his poem in the night and morning , I suppose before his mind was disturbed with common business ...
Page 237
... seems to have been peculiarly formed : Let envy then those crimes within you see , From which the happy never must be free ; Envy that does with misery reside , The joy and the revenge of ruin'd pride . Into this poem he seems to have ...
... seems to have been peculiarly formed : Let envy then those crimes within you see , From which the happy never must be free ; Envy that does with misery reside , The joy and the revenge of ruin'd pride . Into this poem he seems to have ...
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... Seems to appear before them . ' Sempronius is , it seems , to pass for Juba in full day at Cato's house , where they were both so very well known , by having 1672-1719 DENNIS'S STRICTURES 361 Juba's dress and his guards ; 360 1672-1719 ...
... Seems to appear before them . ' Sempronius is , it seems , to pass for Juba in full day at Cato's house , where they were both so very well known , by having 1672-1719 DENNIS'S STRICTURES 361 Juba's dress and his guards ; 360 1672-1719 ...
Contents
ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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