The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... written by Dr. Sprat , an author whose pregnancy of imagi- nation and elegance of language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration ...
... written by Dr. Sprat , an author whose pregnancy of imagi- nation and elegance of language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration ...
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... written , but printed , in his thirteenth year ; containing , with other poetical compositions , " The tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe , " written when he was ten years old ; and " Constantia and Philetus , " written two years ...
... written , but printed , in his thirteenth year ; containing , with other poetical compositions , " The tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe , " written when he was ten years old ; and " Constantia and Philetus , " written two years ...
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... written nor acted , but rough - drawn by him , and repeated by the scholars . That this comedy was printed during his absence from his country , he appears to have considered as injurious to his re putation ; though , during the ...
... written nor acted , but rough - drawn by him , and repeated by the scholars . That this comedy was printed during his absence from his country , he appears to have considered as injurious to his re putation ; though , during the ...
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... written like those of other men whose minds are more on things than words , contribute no otherwise to his reputation than as they shew him to have been above the affectation of unsea- sonable elegance , and to have known that the busi ...
... written like those of other men whose minds are more on things than words , contribute no otherwise to his reputation than as they shew him to have been above the affectation of unsea- sonable elegance , and to have known that the busi ...
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... together in some stanzas , written about that time , on the choice of a laureat ; a mode of sa- tire , by which , since it was first introduced by Suckling , perhaps every generation of poets has been teased COWLEY . 13.
... together in some stanzas , written about that time , on the choice of a laureat ; a mode of sa- tire , by which , since it was first introduced by Suckling , perhaps every generation of poets has been teased COWLEY . 13.
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