Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope |
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... original to great eminence . He was born July 21 , 1664 , according to some , at Wimborne , in Dorset- shire , of I know not what parents ; others say that he was the son of a joiner of London : he was perhaps willing enough to leave ...
... original to great eminence . He was born July 21 , 1664 , according to some , at Wimborne , in Dorset- shire , of I know not what parents ; others say that he was the son of a joiner of London : he was perhaps willing enough to leave ...
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... original , as one said , but I suppose that his faculties- 666 -strained to the height , In that celestial colloquy sublime , Dazzled and spent , sunk down , and sought repair . " " Poor Prior ; why was he so strained , and in such want ...
... original , as one said , but I suppose that his faculties- 666 -strained to the height , In that celestial colloquy sublime , Dazzled and spent , sunk down , and sought repair . " " Poor Prior ; why was he so strained , and in such want ...
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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 ...
... 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 ...
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... authors . 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 Georgius Sabinus , a poet now little known PRIOR . 25.
... authors . 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 Georgius Sabinus , a poet now little known PRIOR . 25.
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