Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1964 - Poets, English |
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Page 74
... better it would content them that I should stay . - As for the common approbation or dislike of that place , as now it is , that I should esteem or disesteem myself the more for that , too simple is the answerer , if he think to obtain ...
... better it would content them that I should stay . - As for the common approbation or dislike of that place , as now it is , that I should esteem or disesteem myself the more for that , too simple is the answerer , if he think to obtain ...
Page 307
... better , Omnia noctis erant . The following quatrain is vigorous and animated : The ghosts of traytors from the bridge descend With bold fanatick spectres to rejoice ; About the fire into a dance they bend , And sing their sabbath notes ...
... better , Omnia noctis erant . The following quatrain is vigorous and animated : The ghosts of traytors from the bridge descend With bold fanatick spectres to rejoice ; About the fire into a dance they bend , And sing their sabbath notes ...
Page 321
... better success , Trapp , when his Tragedy and his Prelections had given him reputation , attempted another blank version of the Eneid ; to which , notwithstanding the slight regard with which it was treated , he had afterwards ...
... better success , Trapp , when his Tragedy and his Prelections had given him reputation , attempted another blank version of the Eneid ; to which , notwithstanding the slight regard with which it was treated , he had afterwards ...
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