The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... seems never to have had a plan . Prior appears not to have pro- posed to himself any drift or design , but to have written the casual dictates of the present moment . What Horace said , when he imitated Lucilius , might be said of ...
... seems never to have had a plan . Prior appears not to have pro- posed to himself any drift or design , but to have written the casual dictates of the present moment . What Horace said , when he imitated Lucilius , might be said of ...
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... seems to have been formed at once ; the words did not come till they were called , and were then put by constraint into their places , where they do their duty , but do it sullenly . In his greater compositions there may be found more ...
... seems to have been formed at once ; the words did not come till they were called , and were then put by constraint into their places , where they do their duty , but do it sullenly . In his greater compositions there may be found more ...
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... seems to be a strange affectation in authors of appearing to have done every thing by chance . " The Old Bachelor " was written for amusement in the languor of convalescence . Yet it is appa rently composed with great elaborateness of ...
... seems to be a strange affectation in authors of appearing to have done every thing by chance . " The Old Bachelor " was written for amusement in the languor of convalescence . Yet it is appa rently composed with great elaborateness of ...
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... seems not to have taken much pleasure in writing , as he contributed nothing to the " Specta tor , " and only one paper to the " Tatler , " though published by men with whom he might be supposed willing to associate ; and though he ...
... seems not to have taken much pleasure in writing , as he contributed nothing to the " Specta tor , " and only one paper to the " Tatler , " though published by men with whom he might be supposed willing to associate ; and though he ...
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... d aloft the ponderous sphere , He launch'd the world , to float in ambient air . Of his irregular poems , that to Mrs. Arabella Hunt seems to be the best ; his " Ode for St. Ceci lia's Day , " however , has some lines which CONGREVE . 37.
... d aloft the ponderous sphere , He launch'd the world , to float in ambient air . Of his irregular poems , that to Mrs. Arabella Hunt seems to be the best ; his " Ode for St. Ceci lia's Day , " however , has some lines which CONGREVE . 37.
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