LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... writing more than for another , his power seems to have been greatest in the familiar and the festive . The next class of his ... written with Dodsley's Collection of Poems , vol . V. E. VOL . I. Б exuberance exuberance of wit , and with ...
... writing more than for another , his power seems to have been greatest in the familiar and the festive . The next class of his ... written with Dodsley's Collection of Poems , vol . V. E. VOL . I. Б exuberance exuberance of wit , and with ...
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... written for penance by a hermit , or for hire by a philosophical rhymer who had only heard of another sex ; for they turn the mind only on the writer , whom , without thinking on a woman but as the subject for his task , we some- times ...
... written for penance by a hermit , or for hire by a philosophical rhymer who had only heard of another sex ; for they turn the mind only on the writer , whom , without thinking on a woman but as the subject for his task , we some- times ...
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... writing in verse , it can be adapted only to high and noble subjects ; and it will not be easy to reconcile the poet with the ... written them . * First published in quarto , 1669 , under the title of " Carmen Pindaricum in Theatrum ...
... writing in verse , it can be adapted only to high and noble subjects ; and it will not be easy to reconcile the poet with the ... written them . * First published in quarto , 1669 , under the title of " Carmen Pindaricum in Theatrum ...
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... written in 1637 , on the death of Mr. King , the son of Sir John King , secretary for Ireland in the time of Eliza- beth , James and Charles . King was much a favourite at Cambridge , and many of the wits joined to do honour to his ...
... written in 1637 , on the death of Mr. King , the son of Sir John King , secretary for Ireland in the time of Eliza- beth , James and Charles . King was much a favourite at Cambridge , and many of the wits joined to do honour to his ...
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Samuel Johnson. As secretary to the Protector he is supposed to have written the Declaration of the reasons for a war ... written by Sir Richard Blackmore . H. 1 Trinity College . E. The The Perfons . Michael . Chorus of Angels . Heavenly ...
Samuel Johnson. As secretary to the Protector he is supposed to have written the Declaration of the reasons for a war ... written by Sir Richard Blackmore . H. 1 Trinity College . E. The The Perfons . Michael . Chorus of Angels . Heavenly ...
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