Lives of the English Poets : Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope"Lives of the English Poets : Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope" by Samuel Johnson contains short biographies and critical appraisals of 52 poets, most of whom lived during the eighteenth century. These were arranged, approximately, by the date of death. Abraham Cowley, Sir John Denham, John Milton, Samuel Butler, John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, Wentworth Dillon, Earl of Roscommon, Thomas Otway, Edmund Waller, and John Pomfret are just some of the honored poets. |
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... appear another man with a power of versification equal to that of Pope . " Pope's laurel , since Johnson's days , has flourished , without showing a dead bough , for all the frosts of hostile criticism . H. M. PRIOR . Table of Contents ...
... appear another man with a power of versification equal to that of Pope . " Pope's laurel , since Johnson's days , has flourished , without showing a dead bough , for all the frosts of hostile criticism . H. M. PRIOR . Table of Contents ...
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... appears to have known the author either by conjecture or intelligence. The Tories, who were now in power, were in haste to end the war, and Prior, being recalled (1710) to his former employment of making treaties, was sent (July, 1711) ...
... appears to have known the author either by conjecture or intelligence. The Tories, who were now in power, were in haste to end the war, and Prior, being recalled (1710) to his former employment of making treaties, was sent (July, 1711) ...
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... appears from the mention made of him by St. John in his letter to the queen:— “My Lord Treasurer moved, and all my Lords were of the same opinion, that Mr. Prior should be added to those who are empowered to sign; the reason for which ...
... appears from the mention made of him by St. John in his letter to the queen:— “My Lord Treasurer moved, and all my Lords were of the same opinion, that Mr. Prior should be added to those who are empowered to sign; the reason for which ...
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... thus confined for some time; and Mr. Walpole (June 10, 1715) moved for an impeachment against him. What made him so acrimonious does not appear; he was by nature no thirster for blood. Prior was a week after committed to close custody, ...
... thus confined for some time; and Mr. Walpole (June 10, 1715) moved for an impeachment against him. What made him so acrimonious does not appear; he was by nature no thirster for blood. Prior was a week after committed to close custody, ...
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