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In his eighteenth year he wrote a poem that appears first in his works , on the
prince ' s escape at St . Andero ; a piece which shewed that he attained , by a
felicity like instiuct , a style which perhaps will never be obsolete ; and that , “
were we ...
In his eighteenth year he wrote a poem that appears first in his works , on the
prince ' s escape at St . Andero ; a piece which shewed that he attained , by a
felicity like instiuct , a style which perhaps will never be obsolete ; and that , “
were we ...
Page 7
He had already formed such a system of metrical harmony * as he never
afterwards much needed , or much endeavoured , to improve , The next poem is
supposed by Fenton to be the address “ To the Queen " on her arrival ; but this is
...
He had already formed such a system of metrical harmony * as he never
afterwards much needed , or much endeavoured , to improve , The next poem is
supposed by Fenton to be the address “ To the Queen " on her arrival ; but this is
...
Page 8
From the verses written at Pensburst , it has been collected that he diverted his
rejection by Sacharissa by a voyage ; and his biographers , from his poem on the
Whales , think it not improbable that be visited the Bermudas ; but it seems much
...
From the verses written at Pensburst , it has been collected that he diverted his
rejection by Sacharissa by a voyage ; and his biographers , from his poem on the
Whales , think it not improbable that be visited the Bermudas ; but it seems much
...
Page 16
In the poem on the war with Spain are some passages at least equal to ihe best
parts of the paregyrick ; and , in the conclusion , the poet venture ' s yet a bigher
fight of flattery , by recommending royalty to Cromwell and the nation . Cromwell ...
In the poem on the war with Spain are some passages at least equal to ihe best
parts of the paregyrick ; and , in the conclusion , the poet venture ' s yet a bigher
fight of flattery , by recommending royalty to Cromwell and the nation . Cromwell ...
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It is not possible , says Johnson , to read without some contempt and indignation ,
poems of the same author ascribing the highest degree of power and piety to
Charles I . then transferring the same power and piety to Oliver Cromwell ; now ...
It is not possible , says Johnson , to read without some contempt and indignation ,
poems of the same author ascribing the highest degree of power and piety to
Charles I . then transferring the same power and piety to Oliver Cromwell ; now ...
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| Title | The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time.. Volume 19 of The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time, Alexander Chalmers |
| Author | Alexander Chalmers |
| Contributors | John Nichols, Nichols, Son, and Bentley |
| Publisher | J. Nichols and Son [and 29 others], 1817 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 8 Jan 2007 |
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