Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... Dryden , having perused these verses , said , ' Cousin Swift , you will never be a poet 10 ' ; and try know by this ... Dryden's lines on Cromwell . 9 lb. p . 23. For Swift's letter to the Society see ib . xv . 242 . ΤΟ Malone , in his ...
... Dryden , having perused these verses , said , ' Cousin Swift , you will never be a poet 10 ' ; and try know by this ... Dryden's lines on Cromwell . 9 lb. p . 23. For Swift's letter to the Society see ib . xv . 242 . ΤΟ Malone , in his ...
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... Dryden ' . In 1699 Temple died , and left a legacy with his manuscripts to Swift , for whom he had obtained from King William a pro- mise of the first prebend that should be vacant at Westminster or Canterbury 3 . That this promise ...
... Dryden ' . In 1699 Temple died , and left a legacy with his manuscripts to Swift , for whom he had obtained from King William a pro- mise of the first prebend that should be vacant at Westminster or Canterbury 3 . That this promise ...
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... Dryden's exclusion by it see ante , DRYDEN , 136 . 2 In the Preface to vol . iv Steele writes : - ' I have in the Dedication of the first volume made my acknow- ledgments to Dr. Swift , whose plea- sant writings , in the name of Bicker ...
... Dryden's exclusion by it see ante , DRYDEN , 136 . 2 In the Preface to vol . iv Steele writes : - ' I have in the Dedication of the first volume made my acknow- ledgments to Dr. Swift , whose plea- sant writings , in the name of Bicker ...
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... Dryden , Pope , Addison etc. avaient fixé la langue anglaise par leurs écrits ; au lieu que Chapelain , Colletet , Cas- saigne , Faret , Cotin , nos premiers académiciens , étaient l'opprobre de notre nation . ' VOLTAIRE , Œuvres , xxiv ...
... Dryden , Pope , Addison etc. avaient fixé la langue anglaise par leurs écrits ; au lieu que Chapelain , Colletet , Cas- saigne , Faret , Cotin , nos premiers académiciens , étaient l'opprobre de notre nation . ' VOLTAIRE , Œuvres , xxiv ...
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... Dryden called Sandys the best versifier of the last age . ' Ante , DRYDEN , 223. See also DRYDEN , 107. In his epitaph he is ' poetarum Anglorum sui saeculi facile princeps . ' Athenae Oxon . iii . 100. As he was born in 1577 and died ...
... Dryden called Sandys the best versifier of the last age . ' Ante , DRYDEN , 223. See also DRYDEN , 107. In his epitaph he is ' poetarum Anglorum sui saeculi facile princeps . ' Athenae Oxon . iii . 100. As he was born in 1577 and died ...
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