“The” Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Volume 2Tauchnitz, 1858 - 429 pages |
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Page 50
... equal happiness . To examine his performances one by one would be tedious . His translation from Homer into blank verse will find few readers , while another can be had in rhyme . The piece ad- dressed to Lambarde is no disagreeable ...
... equal happiness . To examine his performances one by one would be tedious . His translation from Homer into blank verse will find few readers , while another can be had in rhyme . The piece ad- dressed to Lambarde is no disagreeable ...
Page 57
... equal applause it spread into all the great towns of England ; was played in many places to the thirtieth and fortieth time ; at Bath and Bristol fifty , & c . It made its progress into Wales , Scotland , and Ireland , where it was ...
... equal applause it spread into all the great towns of England ; was played in many places to the thirtieth and fortieth time ; at Bath and Bristol fifty , & c . It made its progress into Wales , Scotland , and Ireland , where it was ...
Page 71
... equal to the other . He seems to think that there is an east absolute and positive where the morning rises . In the last stanza , having mentioned the sudden eruption of new - created light , he says , Awhile th ' Almighty wond'ring ...
... equal to the other . He seems to think that there is an east absolute and positive where the morning rises . In the last stanza , having mentioned the sudden eruption of new - created light , he says , Awhile th ' Almighty wond'ring ...
Page 72
... equal skill , but not equal happiness . When the ministers of Queen Anne were negociating with France , Tickell published " The Prospect of Peace , " a poem of which the tendency was to reclaim the nation from 72 TICKELL . 222.
... equal skill , but not equal happiness . When the ministers of Queen Anne were negociating with France , Tickell published " The Prospect of Peace , " a poem of which the tendency was to reclaim the nation from 72 TICKELL . 222.
Page 84
... equal to his abilities , because his improvement was more than proportioned to the opportunities which he enjoyed ; nor can it be doubted , that if his earliest productions had been preserved , like those of happier students , we might ...
... equal to his abilities , because his improvement was more than proportioned to the opportunities which he enjoyed ; nor can it be doubted , that if his earliest productions had been preserved , like those of happier students , we might ...
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