The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... expected ample preferments ; and , that he might not be forgotten by his own fault , wrote a Song of Triumph . But this was a time of fuch * By May's Poem we are here to understand a continuation of Lucan's Pharfalia to the death of ...
... expected ample preferments ; and , that he might not be forgotten by his own fault , wrote a Song of Triumph . But this was a time of fuch * By May's Poem we are here to understand a continuation of Lucan's Pharfalia to the death of ...
Pàgina 14
... expected , or what weakness Cowley discovered , cannot be known . He that miffes his end will never be as much pleafed as he that attains it , even when he can impute no part of his failure to himself ; and , when the end is to please ...
... expected , or what weakness Cowley discovered , cannot be known . He that miffes his end will never be as much pleafed as he that attains it , even when he can impute no part of his failure to himself ; and , when the end is to please ...
Pàgina 25
... expected , but unnatural , all their books are full . To a Lady , who wrote poefies for rings . They , who above do various circles find , Say , like a ring , th ' equator Heaven does bind . When Heaven shall be adorn'd by thee ...
... expected , but unnatural , all their books are full . To a Lady , who wrote poefies for rings . They , who above do various circles find , Say , like a ring , th ' equator Heaven does bind . When Heaven shall be adorn'd by thee ...
Pàgina 94
... expected ; yet to him Milton owed his introduc- tion to Manso marquis of Villa , who had been be- fore the patron of Taffo . Manfo was enough de- lighted with his accomplishments to honour him with a forry diftich , in which he commends ...
... expected ; yet to him Milton owed his introduc- tion to Manso marquis of Villa , who had been be- fore the patron of Taffo . Manfo was enough de- lighted with his accomplishments to honour him with a forry diftich , in which he commends ...
Pàgina 100
... expected the Paradife Loft . He published the fame year two more pamphlets , upon the fame queftion . To one of his antagonists , who affirms that he was vomited out of the University , he answers , in general terms : " The Fellows of ...
... expected the Paradife Loft . He published the fame year two more pamphlets , upon the fame queftion . To one of his antagonists , who affirms that he was vomited out of the University , he answers , in general terms : " The Fellows of ...
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