Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... Poets , XXV . 122 ; post , ADDISON , 10. Lord Lyttelton , the elegant scholar , de- scribed the Musae as ' an admirable anonymous collection , from which Eton boys used largely to " crib , ” and I presume do still . ' N. & 2 . 5 S. ii ...
... Poets , XXV . 122 ; post , ADDISON , 10. Lord Lyttelton , the elegant scholar , de- scribed the Musae as ' an admirable anonymous collection , from which Eton boys used largely to " crib , ” and I presume do still . ' N. & 2 . 5 S. ii ...
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... POETS . II C till he had given notice of its For far - fetch'd rhymes makes puz- zled angels strain , And in low prose dull Lucifer com- plain . ' Eng . Poets , xxv . 113 . Ante , SMITH , 24 . 3 Ante , SMITH , 25 , 26 . 4 Ante , SMITH ...
... POETS . II C till he had given notice of its For far - fetch'd rhymes makes puz- zled angels strain , And in low prose dull Lucifer com- plain . ' Eng . Poets , xxv . 113 . Ante , SMITH , 24 . 3 Ante , SMITH , 25 , 26 . 4 Ante , SMITH ...
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... poem beginning : - - ' My much loved friend , when thou art from my eyes , How do I loathe the day , and light despise . ' Eng . Poets , xv . 209 . He replied in two Epistles , one in English , the other in Latin . 16. xxv . 229 , 231 ...
... poem beginning : - - ' My much loved friend , when thou art from my eyes , How do I loathe the day , and light despise . ' Eng . Poets , xv . 209 . He replied in two Epistles , one in English , the other in Latin . 16. xxv . 229 , 231 ...
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... Poets . ' ' He was born in 1635 at Bea- minster in Dorset , son of Thomas Sprat , minister of the parish . ' Dict ... Poets , xxvi . 213. He ends his poem by comparing Oliver Crom- well to Moses and Richard Cromwell to Joshua . In his ...
... Poets . ' ' He was born in 1635 at Bea- minster in Dorset , son of Thomas Sprat , minister of the parish . ' Dict ... Poets , xxvi . 213. He ends his poem by comparing Oliver Crom- well to Moses and Richard Cromwell to Joshua . In his ...
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... Poets , xxvi . 212 . 1 lb. p . 229 . 2 For his poem Upon the Poems of Mr. Cowley see ib . p . 264. There is not one on his death . 3 Hurd's Cowley , i . 18 ; The Re- hearsal , p . 9 . ' Some keep Chaplains , not out of LIVES OF POETS ...
... Poets , xxvi . 212 . 1 lb. p . 229 . 2 For his poem Upon the Poems of Mr. Cowley see ib . p . 264. There is not one on his death . 3 Hurd's Cowley , i . 18 ; The Re- hearsal , p . 9 . ' Some keep Chaplains , not out of LIVES OF POETS ...
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