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ing, with other poetical compositions, 'The tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe
,' written when he was ten years old; and 'Constantia and Philetus,' written two
years after. While he was yet at school he produced a comedy called 'Love's ...
ing, with other poetical compositions, 'The tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe
,' written when he was ten years old; and 'Constantia and Philetus,' written two
years after. While he was yet at school he produced a comedy called 'Love's ...
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Newton was in his eighty- fifth year improving his Chronology, a few days before
his death; and Waller appears not, in my opinion, to have lost at eighty-two any
part of his poetical power. His Sacred Poems do not please like some of his other
...
Newton was in his eighty- fifth year improving his Chronology, a few days before
his death; and Waller appears not, in my opinion, to have lost at eighty-two any
part of his poetical power. His Sacred Poems do not please like some of his other
...
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But that when an author writes a tragedy, who knows he has neither genius nor
judgement, he has recourse to the making a party, and he endeavours to make
up in industry what is wanting in talent, and to supply by poetical craft the
absence ...
But that when an author writes a tragedy, who knows he has neither genius nor
judgement, he has recourse to the making a party, and he endeavours to make
up in industry what is wanting in talent, and to supply by poetical craft the
absence ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1961 |
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