Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Dent, 1925 - English poetry |
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... supposed that he who read so much should have done nothing else ; but Milton found time to write the masque of Comus , which was presented at Ludlow , then the residence of the Lord President of Wales , in 1634 ; and had the honour of ...
... supposed that he who read so much should have done nothing else ; but Milton found time to write the masque of Comus , which was presented at Ludlow , then the residence of the Lord President of Wales , in 1634 ; and had the honour of ...
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... supposed , of which I know not whether it is not to the detriment of our language that we have totally rejected them . Of triplets he is sparing ; but he did not wholly forbear them : of an Alexandrine he has given no example . The ...
... supposed , of which I know not whether it is not to the detriment of our language that we have totally rejected them . Of triplets he is sparing ; but he did not wholly forbear them : of an Alexandrine he has given no example . The ...
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... supposed to have amused himself by writing his two tragedies . He died February 24 , 1720-21 . He was thrice married : by his two first wives he had no children ; by his third , who was the daughter of King James by the Countess of ...
... supposed to have amused himself by writing his two tragedies . He died February 24 , 1720-21 . He was thrice married : by his two first wives he had no children ; by his third , who was the daughter of King James by the Countess of ...
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ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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