LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... English poets were Spenser , Shakspeare , and Cowley , His manner he had in common with others : but his sentiments were his own . Upon every subject he thought for himself : and such was his copiousness of knowledge , that something at ...
... English poets were Spenser , Shakspeare , and Cowley , His manner he had in common with others : but his sentiments were his own . Upon every subject he thought for himself : and such was his copiousness of knowledge , that something at ...
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... English numbers the enthusiasm of the greater ode , and the gaiety of the less , that he was equally qualified for sprightly sallies , and for lofty flights ; that he was among those who freed translation from servility , and , instead ...
... English numbers the enthusiasm of the greater ode , and the gaiety of the less , that he was equally qualified for sprightly sallies , and for lofty flights ; that he was among those who freed translation from servility , and , instead ...
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... English poetry . " Denham and Waller , " says Prior , " improved our versification , and Dryden perfected it . " He has given specimens of various composition , descriptive , Judicrous , didactick , and sublime . 46 He appears to have ...
... English poetry . " Denham and Waller , " says Prior , " improved our versification , and Dryden perfected it . " He has given specimens of various composition , descriptive , Judicrous , didactick , and sublime . 46 He appears to have ...
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... English elegance and literature . His purpose was now to have visited Sicily and Greece ; but , hearing of the differences between the king and parliament , he thought it proper to hasten home , rather than pass his life in foreign ...
... English elegance and literature . His purpose was now to have visited Sicily and Greece ; but , hearing of the differences between the king and parliament , he thought it proper to hasten home , rather than pass his life in foreign ...
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... English , though its tittle begins with two Latin words , Theatrum " Poetarum ; or A complete Collection of the Poets , & c . ' a circumstance that probably misled " the biographer of Milton . " European Magazine , June , 1787. p . 398 ...
... English , though its tittle begins with two Latin words , Theatrum " Poetarum ; or A complete Collection of the Poets , & c . ' a circumstance that probably misled " the biographer of Milton . " European Magazine , June , 1787. p . 398 ...
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