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... considered as one of the fathers of English poetry . " Denham and Waller , " says Prior , " improved our versifica- tion , and Dryden perfected it . " He has given specimens of various composition , descriptive , ludicrous , didactic ...
... considered as one of the fathers of English poetry . " Denham and Waller , " says Prior , " improved our versifica- tion , and Dryden perfected it . " He has given specimens of various composition , descriptive , ludicrous , didactic ...
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Samuel Johnson. ment of our numbers , his versification ought to be considered . It will afford that pleasure which arises from the observation , of a man of judgment , naturally right , forsaking bad copies by degrees , and advancing ...
Samuel Johnson. ment of our numbers , his versification ought to be considered . It will afford that pleasure which arises from the observation , of a man of judgment , naturally right , forsaking bad copies by degrees , and advancing ...
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... considered him as worthy of an episto- lary elegy . hợp đặt tru ! He was then sent to St. Paul's School , under the care of Mr. Gill ; and removed , in the be- ginning of his sixteenth year , to Christ's Col- lege , in Cambridge , where ...
... considered him as worthy of an episto- lary elegy . hợp đặt tru ! He was then sent to St. Paul's School , under the care of Mr. Gill ; and removed , in the be- ginning of his sixteenth year , to Christ's Col- lege , in Cambridge , where ...
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... considered his mention of a His next production was " Lycidas , ban elegy , written in 1637 , on the death of Mr. King , the son of Sir John King , Ireland in the time of Elizabeth , James for name as a security against the waste of ...
... considered his mention of a His next production was " Lycidas , ban elegy , written in 1637 , on the death of Mr. King , the son of Sir John King , Ireland in the time of Elizabeth , James for name as a security against the waste of ...
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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 Fre- derick Spanheim , two learned professors of di- vinity . From Geneva , he passed through France ...
... considered as the metropolis of orthodoxy . Here he reposed as in a congenial element , and became acquainted with John Diodati and Fre- derick Spanheim , two learned professors of di- vinity . From Geneva , he passed through France ...
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