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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... 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 MATTHEW PRIOR is one of ...
... 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 MATTHEW PRIOR is one of ...
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... powers of celebration . I mean not to accuse him of flattery ; he probably thought all that he writ , and retained as much veracity as can be properly exacted from a poet professedly encomiastic . King William supplied copious materials ...
... powers of celebration . I mean not to accuse him of flattery ; he probably thought all that he writ , and retained as much veracity as can be properly exacted from a poet professedly encomiastic . King William supplied copious materials ...
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... power, gratify at once the queen and the people. There was now a call for writers, who might convey intelligence of past abuses, and show the waste of public money, the unreasonable conduct of the allies, the avarice of generals, the ...
... power, gratify at once the queen and the people. There was now a call for writers, who might convey intelligence of past abuses, and show the waste of public money, the unreasonable conduct of the allies, the avarice of generals, the ...
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... powers. This transaction not being avowed, Mackay, the master of the Dover packet-boat, either zealously or ... power was aggravated to a charge of high treason; though, as Prior remarks in his imperfect answer to the Report of the ...
... powers. This transaction not being avowed, Mackay, the master of the Dover packet-boat, either zealously or ... power was aggravated to a charge of high treason; though, as Prior remarks in his imperfect answer to the Report of the ...
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... power of passing the day in contemplative tranquillity. But it seems that busy men seldom live long in a state of quiet. It is not unlikely that his health declined, he complains of deafness; “for,” says he, “I took little care of my ...
... power of passing the day in contemplative tranquillity. But it seems that busy men seldom live long in a state of quiet. It is not unlikely that his health declined, he complains of deafness; “for,” says he, “I took little care of my ...
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