Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1933 - English poetry |
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... wrote so much , and praised so few . Of his praise he was very frugal ; as he set its value high , and considered his mention of a name as a security against the waste of time , and a certain preservative from oblivion . At Florence he ...
... wrote so much , and praised so few . Of his praise he was very frugal ; as he set its value high , and considered his mention of a name as a security against the waste of time , and a certain preservative from oblivion . At Florence he ...
Page 176
... wrote the poem that appears first in his works , on ' the Prince's Escape at St. Andero ' ; a piece which justifies the observation made by one of his editors , that he attained , by a felicity like instinct , a style which per- haps ...
... wrote the poem that appears first in his works , on ' the Prince's Escape at St. Andero ' ; a piece which justifies the observation made by one of his editors , that he attained , by a felicity like instinct , a style which per- haps ...
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... wrote this poem , seems not yet fully to have formed his versification , or settled his system of propriety . From this time , he addicted himself almost wholly to the stage , to which , says he , my genius never much inclined me ...
... wrote this poem , seems not yet fully to have formed his versification , or settled his system of propriety . From this time , he addicted himself almost wholly to the stage , to which , says he , my genius never much inclined me ...
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