Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... hero of Swift's ballad Duke upon Duke , Works , xiii . 297 . Hearne describes him as ' a man of parts , but a most vile stinking whigg . ' Remains , i . 187 . 5 Ante , DRYDEN , 4 . mother to Worcester , and owned and acknowledged as her.
... hero of Swift's ballad Duke upon Duke , Works , xiii . 297 . Hearne describes him as ' a man of parts , but a most vile stinking whigg . ' Remains , i . 187 . 5 Ante , DRYDEN , 4 . mother to Worcester , and owned and acknowledged as her.
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... describes him as ' the late learned and ingenious Mr. Thomas Clark of Lincoln's Inn . ' 2 For his Phaedra and Hippolitus Addison wrote the prologue ( Addi- son's Works , vi . 533 ) and Prior the epilogue ( Eng . Poets , xxxiii . 92 ) ...
... describes him as ' the late learned and ingenious Mr. Thomas Clark of Lincoln's Inn . ' 2 For his Phaedra and Hippolitus Addison wrote the prologue ( Addi- son's Works , vi . 533 ) and Prior the epilogue ( Eng . Poets , xxxiii . 92 ) ...
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... describes the con- sternation both in town and country ' when the plot was sprung : - ' The English fleet was scarce yet out of the river ; the Dutch for the most part at home ; the French in the mouth of the Channel , and only kept ...
... describes the con- sternation both in town and country ' when the plot was sprung : - ' The English fleet was scarce yet out of the river ; the Dutch for the most part at home ; the French in the mouth of the Channel , and only kept ...
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... Addison , in The Freeholder , No. 30 , describes his Observations as ' a book full of just satire and ingenuity . ' Wren was Sir Christopher Wren . The book deserves a reprint . THE HALIFAX ' HE life of the Earl of Halifax 40 SPRAT.
... Addison , in The Freeholder , No. 30 , describes his Observations as ' a book full of just satire and ingenuity . ' Wren was Sir Christopher Wren . The book deserves a reprint . THE HALIFAX ' HE life of the Earl of Halifax 40 SPRAT.
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... describes him as having , ' The surest judgment , and the brightest wit , Himself a Maecenas and a Flaccus too . ' Eng . Poets , xxxvi . 296 . Addison begins his Dedication to him : - Quum tanta auribus tuis ob- strepat vatum ...
... describes him as having , ' The surest judgment , and the brightest wit , Himself a Maecenas and a Flaccus too . ' Eng . Poets , xxxvi . 296 . Addison begins his Dedication to him : - Quum tanta auribus tuis ob- strepat vatum ...
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