Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope |
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... prose . His whole life had been action , and none ever denied him the resplendent qualities of steady resolution and personal courage . He was really in Prior's mind what he represents him in his verses ; he considered him as a hero ...
... prose . His whole life had been action , and none ever denied him the resplendent qualities of steady resolution and personal courage . He was really in Prior's mind what he represents him in his verses ; he considered him as a hero ...
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... prose , that makes up the report of the committee , speaking verses ! Sic est , homo sum . ' He died at Wimpole , a seat of the Earl of Oxford , on the 18th of September , 1721 , and was buried in West- minster ; where on a monument ...
... prose , that makes up the report of the committee , speaking verses ! Sic est , homo sum . ' He died at Wimpole , a seat of the Earl of Oxford , on the 18th of September , 1721 , and was buried in West- minster ; where on a monument ...
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... prose . When the Spectator stopped , he con- sidered the polite world as destitute of entertainment , and in concert with Mr. Hughes , who wrote every third paper , published three times a week the " Lay Monastery , " founded on the ...
... prose . When the Spectator stopped , he con- sidered the polite world as destitute of entertainment , and in concert with Mr. Hughes , who wrote every third paper , published three times a week the " Lay Monastery , " founded on the ...
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... prose is not the prose of a poet , for it is languid , sluggish , and lifeless ; his diction is neither daring nor exact , his flow neither rapid nor easy , and his periods neither smooth nor strong . His account of wit will show with ...
... prose is not the prose of a poet , for it is languid , sluggish , and lifeless ; his diction is neither daring nor exact , his flow neither rapid nor easy , and his periods neither smooth nor strong . His account of wit will show with ...
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... prose : -- " As the several combinations of splenetic madness and folly produce an infinite variety of irregular under- standing , so the amicable accommodation and alliance be- tween several virtues and vices produce an equal diversity ...
... prose : -- " As the several combinations of splenetic madness and folly produce an infinite variety of irregular under- standing , so the amicable accommodation and alliance be- tween several virtues and vices produce an equal diversity ...
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