The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... verses are these : This said , no more remain'd . Th ' etherial host , Again , impatient , crowd the crystal coast , One good The father , now , within his spacious hands , Encompass'd all the mingled mass of seas and lands ; And ...
... verses are these : This said , no more remain'd . Th ' etherial host , Again , impatient , crowd the crystal coast , One good The father , now , within his spacious hands , Encompass'd all the mingled mass of seas and lands ; And ...
Pàgina 12
... verses on lady Gethin , the latter part is in imitation of Dryden's ode on mrs . Killigrew ; and Doris , that has been so lavishly flattered by Steele , has indeed some lively stanzas , but the expression might be mended ; and the most ...
... verses on lady Gethin , the latter part is in imitation of Dryden's ode on mrs . Killigrew ; and Doris , that has been so lavishly flattered by Steele , has indeed some lively stanzas , but the expression might be mended ; and the most ...
Pàgina 14
... verses , except one copy of Latin verses in praise of a friend's book . " He thinks , and with some reason , that from such a performance perfection cannot be expected ; but he finds . another reason for the severity of his censurers ...
... verses , except one copy of Latin verses in praise of a friend's book . " He thinks , and with some reason , that from such a performance perfection cannot be expected ; but he finds . another reason for the severity of his censurers ...
Pàgina 18
... verses was his transcend- ant pleasure , and , as he was not deterred by censure , he was not satiated with praise . He deviated , however , sometimes into other tracks of literature , and condescended to entertain his readers with ...
... verses was his transcend- ant pleasure , and , as he was not deterred by censure , he was not satiated with praise . He deviated , however , sometimes into other tracks of literature , and condescended to entertain his readers with ...
Pàgina 37
... verses . Under such a master he was likely to form a taste for poetry . Being born without prospect of hereditary riches , he was sent to London in his youth , and placed apprentice to a silk - mercer . How long he continued behind the ...
... verses . Under such a master he was likely to form a taste for poetry . Being born without prospect of hereditary riches , he was sent to London in his youth , and placed apprentice to a silk - mercer . How long he continued behind the ...
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