Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1938 - English poetry |
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Page 157
... allowed . But Savage easily reconciled himself to mankind without imputing any defect to his work , by observing that his poem was unluckily published two days after the prorogation of the parliament , and by consequence at a time when ...
... allowed . But Savage easily reconciled himself to mankind without imputing any defect to his work , by observing that his poem was unluckily published two days after the prorogation of the parliament , and by consequence at a time when ...
Page 182
... allowed to be a bird of the Muses , I assure you Sir , I sing very freely in my cage ; some- times indeed in the plaintive notes of the nightin- gale ; but , at others , in the cheerful strains of the lark . ' In another letter he ...
... allowed to be a bird of the Muses , I assure you Sir , I sing very freely in my cage ; some- times indeed in the plaintive notes of the nightin- gale ; but , at others , in the cheerful strains of the lark . ' In another letter he ...
Page 323
... allowed to Dryden , whose education was more scholastick , and who before he became an author had been allowed more time for study , with better means of information . His mind has a larger range , and he collects his images and ...
... allowed to Dryden , whose education was more scholastick , and who before he became an author had been allowed more time for study , with better means of information . His mind has a larger range , and he collects his images and ...
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