The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1Nichols and Son, 1801 - 588 pàgines |
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... publish a Body of English Poetry , I was perfuaded to promise them a Preface to the Works of each Author ; an underta- king , as it was then prefented to my mind , not very extenfive or difficult . My purpose was only to have allotted ...
... publish a Body of English Poetry , I was perfuaded to promise them a Preface to the Works of each Author ; an underta- king , as it was then prefented to my mind , not very extenfive or difficult . My purpose was only to have allotted ...
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... published till he had been some time at Cambridge . This comedy is of the paftoral kind , which re- quires no acquaintance with the living world , and , therefore the time at which it was compofed adds little to the wonders of Cowley's ...
... published till he had been some time at Cambridge . This comedy is of the paftoral kind , which re- quires no acquaintance with the living world , and , therefore the time at which it was compofed adds little to the wonders of Cowley's ...
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... published " Love's Riddle , " with a poetical dedi- cation to Sir Kenelm Digby ; of whole acquaintance all his contemporaries feem to have been ambitious ; and ་ ་ Naufragium Joculare , " a comedy written in Latin , but without due ...
... published " Love's Riddle , " with a poetical dedi- cation to Sir Kenelm Digby ; of whole acquaintance all his contemporaries feem to have been ambitious ; and ་ ་ Naufragium Joculare , " a comedy written in Latin , but without due ...
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... published by Brown . Thefe letters , being written like thofe of other men whofe minds are more on things than words , contribute no otherwife to his re- putation than as they fhew him to have been above the affectation of unfeasonable ...
... published by Brown . Thefe letters , being written like thofe of other men whofe minds are more on things than words , contribute no otherwife to his re- putation than as they fhew him to have been above the affectation of unfeasonable ...
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... published his pretenfions and his difcontent , in an ode called The Complaint , " in which he ftyles himfelf the melancholy Cowley This met with the ufual fortune of complaints , and feems to have excited more contempt than pity . Thefe ...
... published his pretenfions and his difcontent , in an ode called The Complaint , " in which he ftyles himfelf the melancholy Cowley This met with the ufual fortune of complaints , and feems to have excited more contempt than pity . Thefe ...
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