Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1938 - English poetry |
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Page 181
... writing any mendicant letters , he had too high a spirit , and determined only to write to some ministers of state , to try to regain his pension . ' He continued to complain of those that had sent him into the country , and objected to ...
... writing any mendicant letters , he had too high a spirit , and determined only to write to some ministers of state , to try to regain his pension . ' He continued to complain of those that had sent him into the country , and objected to ...
Page 320
... write it ; an independent distich was preserved for an opportunity of insertion , and some little fragments have been found containing lines , or parts of lines , to be wrought upon at some other time . He was one of those few whose ...
... write it ; an independent distich was preserved for an opportunity of insertion , and some little fragments have been found containing lines , or parts of lines , to be wrought upon at some other time . He was one of those few whose ...
Page 480
... writer he had this peculiarity , that he did not write his pieces first rudely , and then correct them , but laboured every line as it arose in the train of com- position ; and he had a notion not very peculiar , that he could not write ...
... writer he had this peculiarity , that he did not write his pieces first rudely , and then correct them , but laboured every line as it arose in the train of com- position ; and he had a notion not very peculiar , that he could not write ...
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