LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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Samuel Johnson. The Davideis now remains to be considered ; a poem which the author de- signed to have extended to twelve books , merely , as he makes no scruple of declaring , because the Æneid had that number ; but he had leisure or ...
Samuel Johnson. The Davideis now remains to be considered ; a poem which the author de- signed to have extended to twelve books , merely , as he makes no scruple of declaring , because the Æneid had that number ; but he had leisure or ...
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... considered as of unrivalled excellence . Clarendon represents him as having taking a flight beyond all that went before him ; and Milton is said to have declared , that the three greatest English poets were Spenser , Shakspeare , and ...
... considered as of unrivalled excellence . Clarendon represents him as having taking a flight beyond all that went before him ; and Milton is said to have declared , that the three greatest English poets were Spenser , Shakspeare , and ...
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Samuel Johnson. In 1631 he was sent to Oxford , where he was considered " as a dreaming " young man , given more to dice and cards than study ; " and therefore gave no prognosticks of his future eminence ; nor was suspected to conceal ...
Samuel Johnson. In 1631 he was sent to Oxford , where he was considered " as a dreaming " young man , given more to dice and cards than study ; " and therefore gave no prognosticks of his future eminence ; nor was suspected to conceal ...
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... considered as one of the fathers of English poetry . " Denham and Waller , " says Prior , " improved our versification , and Dryden perfected it . " He has given specimens of various composition , descriptive , Judicrous , didactick ...
... considered as one of the fathers of English poetry . " Denham and Waller , " says Prior , " improved our versification , and Dryden perfected it . " He has given specimens of various composition , descriptive , Judicrous , didactick ...
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... considered as the metropolis of orthodoxy . Here he reposed , as in a congenial element , and became acquainted with John Diodati and Frederick Spanheim , two learned professors of Divinity . From Geneva he passed through France ; and ...
... considered as the metropolis of orthodoxy . Here he reposed , as in a congenial element , and became acquainted with John Diodati and Frederick Spanheim , two learned professors of Divinity . From Geneva he passed through France ; and ...
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