Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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Page 79
... verses in a Miscellany . I wish you altered the strength of that extravagant compli- ment , what Heav'n created ... Verses ( ib . p . 246 ) he writes : - ' So when Luke drew the rudiments of man , An angel finish'd what the saint began ...
... verses in a Miscellany . I wish you altered the strength of that extravagant compli- ment , what Heav'n created ... Verses ( ib . p . 246 ) he writes : - ' So when Luke drew the rudiments of man , An angel finish'd what the saint began ...
Page 81
... verses entitled The Time Poets , preserved in a Miscellany called Choice Drollery , 1656 , are these lines : 66 Sent by Ben Jonson , as some authors say , 999 Broom went before and kindly swept the way . ' JAMES BOSWELL , JUN ...
... verses entitled The Time Poets , preserved in a Miscellany called Choice Drollery , 1656 , are these lines : 66 Sent by Ben Jonson , as some authors say , 999 Broom went before and kindly swept the way . ' JAMES BOSWELL , JUN ...
Page 84
... verses of his own intermixed , which he persuaded his schoolfellows to act , with the addition of his master's gardener , who personated Ajax 6 . The title - page to Acis and Gala- tea , translated by Pope when fourteen , ' is so like ...
... verses of his own intermixed , which he persuaded his schoolfellows to act , with the addition of his master's gardener , who personated Ajax 6 . The title - page to Acis and Gala- tea , translated by Pope when fourteen , ' is so like ...
Page 89
... verses each ; and had the copy by me till I burnt it by the advice of the Bishop of Rochester , a little before he went abroad . ' Spence's Anec . pp . 276 , 279. See also ib . pp . 24 , 197-8 . The Bishop went abroad in June , 1725. He ...
... verses each ; and had the copy by me till I burnt it by the advice of the Bishop of Rochester , a little before he went abroad . ' Spence's Anec . pp . 276 , 279. See also ib . pp . 24 , 197-8 . The Bishop went abroad in June , 1725. He ...
Page 91
... verses in his praise , which he was charged by Dennis with writing to himself , and they agreed for a while to flatter one another . It is pleasant to remark how soon Pope learned the cant of an author 5 , and began to treat criticks ...
... verses in his praise , which he was charged by Dennis with writing to himself , and they agreed for a while to flatter one another . It is pleasant to remark how soon Pope learned the cant of an author 5 , and began to treat criticks ...
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