Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1964 - Poets, English |
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Page 192
... occasion had only administered the opportunity of saying what he had thoroughly considered , which gave a great lustre to all he said ; which yet was rather of delight than weight . There needs no more be said to extol the excellence ...
... occasion had only administered the opportunity of saying what he had thoroughly considered , which gave a great lustre to all he said ; which yet was rather of delight than weight . There needs no more be said to extol the excellence ...
Page 236
... occasion , were sufficient to raise great expectations of the rising poet . When the king was restored , Dryden , like the other panegyrists of usurpation , changed his opinion , or his profession , and published Astrea Redux , a poem ...
... occasion , were sufficient to raise great expectations of the rising poet . When the king was restored , Dryden , like the other panegyrists of usurpation , changed his opinion , or his profession , and published Astrea Redux , a poem ...
Page 357
... occasion , I have not heard any thing memorable . As his years advanced , he advanced in reputation : for he continued to cultivate his mind , though he did not amend his irregularities , by which he gave so much offence , that , April ...
... occasion , I have not heard any thing memorable . As his years advanced , he advanced in reputation : for he continued to cultivate his mind , though he did not amend his irregularities , by which he gave so much offence , that , April ...
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