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11 Of him , who from a poet became a patron of poets , it will be readily believed that the works would not miss of celebration . Addison began to praise him early ' , and was followed or accompanied by other poets ” ; perhaps by almost ...
11 Of him , who from a poet became a patron of poets , it will be readily believed that the works would not miss of celebration . Addison began to praise him early ' , and was followed or accompanied by other poets ” ; perhaps by almost ...
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Both the French and the English of it , ten times diluted , of dear Mat Odes are given in Eng . Poets , xxxii . Prior - in his own way unequalled , 214. See also post , YALDEN , 4 , and and a poet now - a - days too much Cunningham's ...
Both the French and the English of it , ten times diluted , of dear Mat Odes are given in Eng . Poets , xxxii . Prior - in his own way unequalled , 214. See also post , YALDEN , 4 , and and a poet now - a - days too much Cunningham's ...
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59 His poem on the battle of Ramillies ' is necessarily tedious by the form of the stanza : an uniform mass of ten lines , thirty - five times repeated , inconsequential and slightly connected , must weary both the ear and the ...
59 His poem on the battle of Ramillies ' is necessarily tedious by the form of the stanza : an uniform mass of ten lines , thirty - five times repeated , inconsequential and slightly connected , must weary both the ear and the ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets: Smith-Savage Volume 2 of Lives of the English Poets, George Birkbeck Norman Hill |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | George Birkbeck Norman Hill |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Octagon Books, 1967 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 8 Mar 2008 |
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