Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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Page 140
... probably yet more with those which he was promised ; he considered himself now as a favourite of the Queen , and did not doubt but a few annual poems would establish him in some profitable employment . He therefore assumed the title of ...
... probably yet more with those which he was promised ; he considered himself now as a favourite of the Queen , and did not doubt but a few annual poems would establish him in some profitable employment . He therefore assumed the title of ...
Page 349
... probably cultivated with new diligence his blossoms of poetry , which however were in some danger of a blast ; for , submitting his pro- ductions to some who thought themselves qualified to criticize , he heard of nothing but faults ...
... probably cultivated with new diligence his blossoms of poetry , which however were in some danger of a blast ; for , submitting his pro- ductions to some who thought themselves qualified to criticize , he heard of nothing but faults ...
Page 380
... probably with a scanty maintenance ; but was in about half a year elected a Demy of Magdalen College , where he continued till he had taken a Bachelor's degree , and then suddenly left the university , for what reason I know not that he ...
... probably with a scanty maintenance ; but was in about half a year elected a Demy of Magdalen College , where he continued till he had taken a Bachelor's degree , and then suddenly left the university , for what reason I know not that he ...
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