Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Dent, 1925 - English poetry |
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Page 78
... told by Richardson in his Memoirs , which he received from Pope , as delivered by Betterton , who might have heard it from Davenant . In the war between the King and Parlia- ment , Davenant was made prisoner and condemned to die ; but ...
... told by Richardson in his Memoirs , which he received from Pope , as delivered by Betterton , who might have heard it from Davenant . In the war between the King and Parlia- ment , Davenant was made prisoner and condemned to die ; but ...
Page 84
... told of other authors , and , though doubtless true of every fertile and copious mind , 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 ...
... told of other authors , and , though doubtless true of every fertile and copious mind , 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 ...
Page 346
... told ; and when it might be told , it is no longer known . The delicate features of the mind , the nice discriminations of character , and the minute peculiarities of conduct , are soon obliterated ; and it is surely better that caprice ...
... told ; and when it might be told , it is no longer known . The delicate features of the mind , the nice discriminations of character , and the minute peculiarities of conduct , are soon obliterated ; and it is surely better that caprice ...
Contents
ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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