Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1938 - English poetry |
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Page 145
... published a short poem on her birth - day , to which he gave the odd title of Volunteer Laureat . The event of this essay he has himself related in the following letter , which he prefixed to the poem , when he after- wards reprinted it ...
... published a short poem on her birth - day , to which he gave the odd title of Volunteer Laureat . The event of this essay he has himself related in the following letter , which he prefixed to the poem , when he after- wards reprinted it ...
Page 247
... published some re- marks upon it , with very little force , and with no effect ; for the opinion of the publick was already settled , and it was no longer at the mercy of criticism . About this time he published The Temple of Fame ...
... published some re- marks upon it , with very little force , and with no effect ; for the opinion of the publick was already settled , and it was no longer at the mercy of criticism . About this time he published The Temple of Fame ...
Page 386
... published by the University on the death of queen Mary . From this time how he was employed , or in what station he passed his life , is not yet discovered . He must have published his Pastorals before the year 1708 , because they are ...
... published by the University on the death of queen Mary . From this time how he was employed , or in what station he passed his life , is not yet discovered . He must have published his Pastorals before the year 1708 , because they are ...
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