The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... happy complexion in the first formation of the person that enjoys it , and is Nature's gift , but diversified by various specific characters and limitations , as its active fire is blended and allayed by different proportions of phlegm ...
... happy complexion in the first formation of the person that enjoys it , and is Nature's gift , but diversified by various specific characters and limitations , as its active fire is blended and allayed by different proportions of phlegm ...
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... happy metrical version than they have yet obtained of the " Book of Psalms . " This wish the piety of Blackmore led him to gra- tify ; and he produced ( 1721 ) " A new Version of the Psalms of David , fitted to the Tunes used in ...
... happy metrical version than they have yet obtained of the " Book of Psalms . " This wish the piety of Blackmore led him to gra- tify ; and he produced ( 1721 ) " A new Version of the Psalms of David , fitted to the Tunes used in ...
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Samuel Johnson. and Queen , and Gay was to be great and happy ; but upon the settlement of the household he found himself appointed gentleman usher to the Princess Louisa . By this offer he thought himself insulted , and sent a message ...
Samuel Johnson. and Queen , and Gay was to be great and happy ; but upon the settlement of the household he found himself appointed gentleman usher to the Princess Louisa . By this offer he thought himself insulted , and sent a message ...
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... happy conclusion , Gay calls a tragedy from a mournful event ; but the style of the Italians and of Gay is equally tra- gical . There is something in the poetical arcadia so remote from known reality and speculative pos- sibility , that ...
... happy conclusion , Gay calls a tragedy from a mournful event ; but the style of the Italians and of Gay is equally tra- gical . There is something in the poetical arcadia so remote from known reality and speculative pos- sibility , that ...
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... happy strokes that is seldom attained . In his Odes to Marlborough there are beautiful lines ; but in the second ode he shews that he knew little of his hero , when he talks of his private virtues . His subjects are com- monly such as ...
... happy strokes that is seldom attained . In his Odes to Marlborough there are beautiful lines ; but in the second ode he shews that he knew little of his hero , when he talks of his private virtues . His subjects are com- monly such as ...
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