Lives of the English Poets: With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1961 - English poetry |
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... is supposed to have passed some of the next years in the quiet cultivation of literature and poetry . The death of Queen Mary ( in 1695 ) produced a sub- ject for all the writers : perhaps no funeral was 2 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... is supposed to have passed some of the next years in the quiet cultivation of literature and poetry . The death of Queen Mary ( in 1695 ) produced a sub- ject for all the writers : perhaps no funeral was 2 LIVES OF THE POETS.
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... literature was , I think , but small . What he knew of antiquity , I suspect him to have gathered from modern compilers : but though he could not boast of much critical knowledge , his mind was stored with general principles , and he ...
... literature was , I think , but small . What he knew of antiquity , I suspect him to have gathered from modern compilers : but though he could not boast of much critical knowledge , his mind was stored with general principles , and he ...
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... literature . His play was applauded ; his translations from Sappho had been published in the Spectator ; he was an important and distinguished associate of clubs witty and political ; and nothing was wanting to his happiness , but that ...
... literature . His play was applauded ; his translations from Sappho had been published in the Spectator ; he was an important and distinguished associate of clubs witty and political ; and nothing was wanting to his happiness , but that ...
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