Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1933 - English poetry |
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Page 81
... censure , by inserting a prayer taken from Sidney's Arcadia , and imputing it to the King ; whom he charges , in his Iconoclastes , with the use of this prayer as with a heavy crime , in the indecent language with which prosperity had ...
... censure , by inserting a prayer taken from Sidney's Arcadia , and imputing it to the King ; whom he charges , in his Iconoclastes , with the use of this prayer as with a heavy crime , in the indecent language with which prosperity had ...
Page 292
... censure of Collier , whose remarks may be rather termed admonitions than criticisms , he makes little reply ; being ... censures ; but in other things he confesses that he is justly taxed ; and says , with great calmness and candour , I ...
... censure of Collier , whose remarks may be rather termed admonitions than criticisms , he makes little reply ; being ... censures ; but in other things he confesses that he is justly taxed ; and says , with great calmness and candour , I ...
Page 293
... censure , beginning thus : But what remains will be so pure , ' twill bear Th ' examination of the most severe . Blackmore , finding the censure resented , and the civility disregarded , ungenerously omitted the softer part . Such ...
... censure , beginning thus : But what remains will be so pure , ' twill bear Th ' examination of the most severe . Blackmore , finding the censure resented , and the civility disregarded , ungenerously omitted the softer part . Such ...
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