The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... preface to a subsequent edition , that " poets are scarcely thought freemen of their company without paying some duties , or obliging themselves to be true to Love . " This obligation to amorous ditties owes , I be- lieve , its original ...
... preface to a subsequent edition , that " poets are scarcely thought freemen of their company without paying some duties , or obliging themselves to be true to Love . " This obligation to amorous ditties owes , I be- lieve , its original ...
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... preface he declares , that " his desire had been for some days past , and did still very vehe mently continue , to retire himself to some of the American plantations , and to forsake this world for ever . " From the obliquy which the ...
... preface he declares , that " his desire had been for some days past , and did still very vehe mently continue , to retire himself to some of the American plantations , and to forsake this world for ever . " From the obliquy which the ...
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... preface , by observing how unlikely it is that , having followed the royal family through all their distresses , " he should chuse the time of their restoration to begin a quarrel with them . " It appears , however , from the Theatri ...
... preface , by observing how unlikely it is that , having followed the royal family through all their distresses , " he should chuse the time of their restoration to begin a quarrel with them . " It appears , however , from the Theatri ...
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... prefaces and his notes on the Davideis supply , were at that time accessions to English literature , and shew such skill as raises our wish for more examples . The lines from Jersey are a very curious and pleasing specimen of the ...
... prefaces and his notes on the Davideis supply , were at that time accessions to English literature , and shew such skill as raises our wish for more examples . The lines from Jersey are a very curious and pleasing specimen of the ...
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... preface thereto , that the editors thereof had the use of three large folios in manu- script , collected and digested into alphabetical or- der by Mr. John Milton . It has been remarked , that the additions , together with the preface ...
... preface thereto , that the editors thereof had the use of three large folios in manu- script , collected and digested into alphabetical or- der by Mr. John Milton . It has been remarked , that the additions , together with the preface ...
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