Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageOctagon Books, 1967 - English poetry |
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... poetry , but cultivated other kinds 5 of the Rebellion in the year 1715. ' 5 He was intended for the minis- try , but declined it by the advice of Watts , who saw him neglect every- thing in the Academy but poetry . Gibbon's Life of ...
... poetry , but cultivated other kinds 5 of the Rebellion in the year 1715. ' 5 He was intended for the minis- try , but declined it by the advice of Watts , who saw him neglect every- thing in the Academy but poetry . Gibbon's Life of ...
Page 179
... Poetry , which is Sheffield's , a great similarity may be observed between them . ' Malone's Dryden , i . 129. See ante , DRYDEN , 105 . APPENDIX EE ( PAGE 175 ) Rochester praised him in An Epistolary Essay : Eng . Poets , xv . 38 ...
... Poetry , which is Sheffield's , a great similarity may be observed between them . ' Malone's Dryden , i . 129. See ante , DRYDEN , 105 . APPENDIX EE ( PAGE 175 ) Rochester praised him in An Epistolary Essay : Eng . Poets , xv . 38 ...
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... poetry , who have never been able to distinguish their books from those of Pope 2 . 3 In 1723 was performed his tragedy of Mariamne , to which Southern 3 , at whose house it was written , is said to have contri- buted such hints as his ...
... poetry , who have never been able to distinguish their books from those of Pope 2 . 3 In 1723 was performed his tragedy of Mariamne , to which Southern 3 , at whose house it was written , is said to have contri- buted such hints as his ...
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