Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1938 - English poetry |
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Page 166
... manner , that his poem may be justly ranked among the best pieces that the death of princes has produced . By transferring the mention of her death to her birth - day , he has formed a happy combination of topicks , which any other man ...
... manner , that his poem may be justly ranked among the best pieces that the death of princes has produced . By transferring the mention of her death to her birth - day , he has formed a happy combination of topicks , which any other man ...
Page 221
... manner with his own hand . He came to church every morning , preached commonly in his turn , and attended the evening anthem , that it might not be negligently per- formed . He read the service rather with a strong nervous voice than in ...
... manner with his own hand . He came to church every morning , preached commonly in his turn , and attended the evening anthem , that it might not be negligently per- formed . He read the service rather with a strong nervous voice than in ...
Page 240
... manner of provocation on his side , and attacked in his person , instead of his writings , by one who was wholly a stranger to him , at a time when all the world knew he was persecuted by fortune ; and not only saw that this was ...
... manner of provocation on his side , and attacked in his person , instead of his writings , by one who was wholly a stranger to him , at a time when all the world knew he was persecuted by fortune ; and not only saw that this was ...
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