“The” Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Volume 2Tauchnitz, 1858 - 429 pages |
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... original to great eminence . He was born July 21 , 1664 , according to some , at Winburn , in Dorsetshire , of Í know not what parents ; others say , that he was the son of a joiner of London ; he was perhaps willing enough to leave his ...
... original to great eminence . He was born July 21 , 1664 , according to some , at Winburn , in Dorsetshire , of Í know not what parents ; others say , that he was the son of a joiner of London ; he was perhaps willing enough to leave his ...
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... original author of any Tale which he has given us . The adventure of " Hans Carvel " has passed through many successions of merry wits ; for it is to be found in Ariosto's " Satires , " and is perhaps yet older . But the merit of such ...
... original author of any Tale which he has given us . The adventure of " Hans Carvel " has passed through many successions of merry wits ; for it is to be found in Ariosto's " Satires , " and is perhaps yet older . But the merit of such ...
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... original . The epistle to Boileau is not so happy . The poems to the King are now perused only by young students , who read merely that they may learn to write ; and of the " Carmen Seculare , " I cannot but suspect that I might praise ...
... original . The epistle to Boileau is not so happy . The poems to the King are now perused only by young students , who read merely that they may learn to write ; and of the " Carmen Seculare , " I cannot but suspect that I might praise ...
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... . The " Thief and Cordelier " is , I suppose generally considered as an original production ; with how much justice this epigram may tell , which was written by Georgis Sabi¬ 1 7 nus , a poet now little known or read 16 PRIOR .
... . The " Thief and Cordelier " is , I suppose generally considered as an original production ; with how much justice this epigram may tell , which was written by Georgis Sabi¬ 1 7 nus , a poet now little known or read 16 PRIOR .
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... own than of any among the successors of Dryden ; he borrows no lucky turns , or com- modious nodes of language , from his predecessors . His phra- 2 Johnson's Lives . II , ses are original , but they are sometimes harsh : PRIOR . 17.
... own than of any among the successors of Dryden ; he borrows no lucky turns , or com- modious nodes of language , from his predecessors . His phra- 2 Johnson's Lives . II , ses are original , but they are sometimes harsh : PRIOR . 17.
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