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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... written by Dr. Sprat , an author whofe pregnancy of imagina- tion and elegance of language have defervedly fet him high in the ranks of literature , but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration ...
... written by Dr. Sprat , an author whofe pregnancy of imagina- tion and elegance of language have defervedly fet him high in the ranks of literature , but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration ...
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... written when he was ten years old ; and Conftantia and Philetus , " written two years after . 106 66 While he was yet at fchool he produced a co- medy called " Love's Riddle , " though it was not published till he had been some time at ...
... written when he was ten years old ; and Conftantia and Philetus , " written two years after . 106 66 While he was yet at fchool he produced a co- medy called " Love's Riddle , " though it was not published till he had been some time at ...
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... written , while he was yet a young ftudent , the greater part of his Davideis : " a work of which the materials could not have been collected without the ftudy of many years , but by a mind of the greatest vigour and activity . Two ...
... written , while he was yet a young ftudent , the greater part of his Davideis : " a work of which the materials could not have been collected without the ftudy of many years , but by a mind of the greatest vigour and activity . Two ...
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... 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 elegance , and to have known that the ...
... 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 elegance , and to have known that the ...
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... written about that time , on the choice of a laureat : a mode of fatire , by which , fince it was first intro- duced by Suckling , perhaps every generation of poets has been teazed . Savoy - miffing Cowley came into the court , Making ...
... written about that time , on the choice of a laureat : a mode of fatire , by which , fince it was first intro- duced by Suckling , perhaps every generation of poets has been teazed . Savoy - miffing Cowley came into the court , Making ...
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