Lives of the English Poets: With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1961 - English poetry |
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... Waller , who perhaps was pleased to find himself imitated , in six lines , which , though they begin with nonsense and end with dulness , excited in the young author a rapture of acknowledgement , in numbers such as Waller's self might ...
... Waller , who perhaps was pleased to find himself imitated , in six lines , which , though they begin with nonsense and end with dulness , excited in the young author a rapture of acknowledgement , in numbers such as Waller's self might ...
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... Waller . In his Jew of Venice , as Rowe remarks , the character of Shylock is made comick , and we are prompted to laughter instead of detestation . It is evident that Heroick Love was written , and pre- sented on the stage , before the ...
... Waller . In his Jew of Venice , as Rowe remarks , the character of Shylock is made comick , and we are prompted to laughter instead of detestation . It is evident that Heroick Love was written , and pre- sented on the stage , before the ...
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... it shall be thought not to deserve the highest praise , on the other side of fourscore by whom , except by Newton and by Waller , has praise been merited ? " To Mrs. Montagu , the famous champion of Shake- 428 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... it shall be thought not to deserve the highest praise , on the other side of fourscore by whom , except by Newton and by Waller , has praise been merited ? " To Mrs. Montagu , the famous champion of Shake- 428 LIVES OF THE POETS.
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