The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 2Methuen, 1896 |
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... verses in the Oxford books , which he could not help setting his name to , several of his compositions came abroad under other names , which his own singular modesty and faith- ful silence strove in vain to conceal . The Encænia and ...
... verses in the Oxford books , which he could not help setting his name to , several of his compositions came abroad under other names , which his own singular modesty and faith- ful silence strove in vain to conceal . The Encænia and ...
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... Verses as smooth and soft as cream , In which there was neither depth nor stream . ' And therefore , though his want of complaisance for some men's overbearing vanity made him enemies , yet the better part of mankind were obliged by the ...
... Verses as smooth and soft as cream , In which there was neither depth nor stream . ' And therefore , though his want of complaisance for some men's overbearing vanity made him enemies , yet the better part of mankind were obliged by the ...
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... verses , both as falling so infinitely below the full and sublime genius of that excellent poet who made this way of writing free of our nation , and being so little equal and proportioned to the renown of the prince on whom they were ...
... verses , both as falling so infinitely below the full and sublime genius of that excellent poet who made this way of writing free of our nation , and being so little equal and proportioned to the renown of the prince on whom they were ...
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... particular care . Here he commenced an acquaint- ance with the great Newton , which continued through his life , and was at last attested by a legacy . VOL . II . C E In 1685 , his verses on the death of King HALIFAX.
... particular care . Here he commenced an acquaint- ance with the great Newton , which continued through his life , and was at last attested by a legacy . VOL . II . C E In 1685 , his verses on the death of King HALIFAX.
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Samuel Johnson. In 1685 , his verses on the death of King Charles made such impression on the Earl of Dorset , that he was invited to town , and introduced by that universal patron to the other wits . In 1687 , he joined with Prior in ...
Samuel Johnson. In 1685 , his verses on the death of King Charles made such impression on the Earl of Dorset , that he was invited to town , and introduced by that universal patron to the other wits . In 1687 , he joined with Prior in ...
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