Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1933 - English poetry |
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... written so much , and translated so little : the version of Callimachus is sufficiently licentious ; the paraphrase on St. Paul's Exhortation to Charity is eminently beautiful . Alma is written in professed imitation of Hudibras , and ...
... written so much , and translated so little : the version of Callimachus is sufficiently licentious ; the paraphrase on St. Paul's Exhortation to Charity is eminently beautiful . Alma is written in professed imitation of Hudibras , and ...
Page 236
... written before he was twelve , in which there is nothing more than other forward boys have attained , and which is not equal to Cowley's performances at the same age . His time was now wholly spent in reading and writing . As he read ...
... written before he was twelve , in which there is nothing more than other forward boys have attained , and which is not equal to Cowley's performances at the same age . His time was now wholly spent in reading and writing . As he read ...
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... written with such regard to the times as might hasten their publication , were the two satires of Thirty - eight ... written twice over ; I gave him a clean transcript , which he sent some time afterwards to me for the press , with ...
... written with such regard to the times as might hasten their publication , were the two satires of Thirty - eight ... written twice over ; I gave him a clean transcript , which he sent some time afterwards to me for the press , with ...
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