Lives of the English Poets, Waller, Milton, CowleyCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... studies of the lives of men for whom he cared , and of the books that he was glad to speak his mind about in his own shrewd independent way . Boswell was somewhat disappointed at finding that the selection of the Poets in this series ...
... studies of the lives of men for whom he cared , and of the books that he was glad to speak his mind about in his own shrewd independent way . Boswell was somewhat disappointed at finding that the selection of the Poets in this series ...
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Samuel Johnson. pounds , took him into the country as director of his studies , and then procured him admission into the com- pany of the friends of literature . Of this fact Clarendon had a nearer knowledge than the biographer , and is ...
Samuel Johnson. pounds , took him into the country as director of his studies , and then procured him admission into the com- pany of the friends of literature . Of this fact Clarendon had a nearer knowledge than the biographer , and is ...
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... studies , or choice of books , nothing is known more than that he professed himself unable to : read Chapman's translation of Homer without rapture . His opinion concerning the duty of a poet is contained in his declaration , that " he ...
... studies , or choice of books , nothing is known more than that he professed himself unable to : read Chapman's translation of Homer without rapture . His opinion concerning the duty of a poet is contained in his declaration , that " he ...
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... for while he lived at Horton he used some- times to steal from his studies a few days , which he spent at Harefield , the house of the Countess Dowager of } Derby , where the Arcades made part of a 60 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... for while he lived at Horton he used some- times to steal from his studies a few days , which he spent at Harefield , the house of the Countess Dowager of } Derby , where the Arcades made part of a 60 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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... studies , and now and then visited the Lady Margaret Leigh , whom he has mentioned in one of his sonnets . At last Michaelmas arrived ; but the lady had no inclination to return to the sullen gloom of her hus- band's habitation , and ...
... studies , and now and then visited the Lady Margaret Leigh , whom he has mentioned in one of his sonnets . At last Michaelmas arrived ; but the lady had no inclination to return to the sullen gloom of her hus- band's habitation , and ...
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