The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2B. Tauchnitz, 1858 - 414 pages |
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... 72 26 76 79 81 162 193 196 303 305 316 VI CONTENTS OF VOLUME II . PAGE A. PHILIPS WEST. PRIOR- CONGREVE . BLACKMORE FENTON GAY CONTENTS OF VOLUME II . GRANVILLE YALDEN TICKELL HAMMOND . SOMERVILE SAVAGE SWIFT BROOME POPE · PITT THOMSON ...
... 72 26 76 79 81 162 193 196 303 305 316 VI CONTENTS OF VOLUME II . PAGE A. PHILIPS WEST. PRIOR- CONGREVE . BLACKMORE FENTON GAY CONTENTS OF VOLUME II . GRANVILLE YALDEN TICKELL HAMMOND . SOMERVILE SAVAGE SWIFT BROOME POPE · PITT THOMSON ...
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... Fenton observes , he put an end to the species of writers that gave Advice to Painters . Not long after ( 1712 ) he published " Creation , " a philo- sophical poem , which has been by my recommendation inserted in the late collection ...
... Fenton observes , he put an end to the species of writers that gave Advice to Painters . Not long after ( 1712 ) he published " Creation , " a philo- sophical poem , which has been by my recommendation inserted in the late collection ...
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... structure's wrought , From one crude mass to such perfection brought ; That no part useless , none misplac'd we see , None are forgot , and more would monstrous be . FENTON . THE brevity with which I am to write BLACKMORE . 45.
... structure's wrought , From one crude mass to such perfection brought ; That no part useless , none misplac'd we see , None are forgot , and more would monstrous be . FENTON . THE brevity with which I am to write BLACKMORE . 45.
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... FENTON is not the effect of indifference or negligence . I have sought intelligence among his relations in his native country , but have not obtained it . He was born near Newcastle , in Staffordshire , of an ancient ... FENTON . FENTON.
... FENTON is not the effect of indifference or negligence . I have sought intelligence among his relations in his native country , but have not obtained it . He was born near Newcastle , in Staffordshire , of an ancient ... FENTON . FENTON.
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... Fenton : the books allotted to Fenton were the first , the fourth , the nineteenth , and the twentieth . It is observable , that he did not take the eleventh , which he had before trans- lated into blank verse ; neither did Pope claim ...
... Fenton : the books allotted to Fenton were the first , the fourth , the nineteenth , and the twentieth . It is observable , that he did not take the eleventh , which he had before trans- lated into blank verse ; neither did Pope claim ...
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