The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their WorksG. Clark and son, 1847 - 644 pàgines |
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... died before the birth of his son , and con- sequently left him to the care of his mother ; whom Wood repre- sents as struggling earnestly to procure him a literary education , and who , as she lived to the age of eighty , had her ...
... died before the birth of his son , and con- sequently left him to the care of his mother ; whom Wood repre- sents as struggling earnestly to procure him a literary education , and who , as she lived to the age of eighty , had her ...
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... died at the Porch - house in Chertsey , in 1667 , in the 49th year of his age . He was buried with great pomp near Chaucer and Spenser ; and king Charles pronounced , " that Mr. Cowley had not left behind him a better man in England ...
... died at the Porch - house in Chertsey , in 1667 , in the 49th year of his age . He was buried with great pomp near Chaucer and Spenser ; and king Charles pronounced , " that Mr. Cowley had not left behind him a better man in England ...
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... died gradually away , and other imitations supply its place . The Pindarick Odes have so long enjoyed the highest degree of poetical reputation , that I am not willing to dismiss them with un- abated censure ; and surely though the mode ...
... died gradually away , and other imitations supply its place . The Pindarick Odes have so long enjoyed the highest degree of poetical reputation , that I am not willing to dismiss them with un- abated censure ; and surely though the mode ...
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... died ; and then , notwithstanding his resolutions and professions , he returned again to the vice of gaming , and lost several thousand pounds that had been left him . In 1642 , he published " The Sophy . " This seems to have given him ...
... died ; and then , notwithstanding his resolutions and professions , he returned again to the vice of gaming , and lost several thousand pounds that had been left him . In 1642 , he published " The Sophy . " This seems to have given him ...
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... died at the Spa , Sep. 3. 1653 ; and , as con- trovertists are commonly said to be killed by their last dispute , Milton was flattered with the credit of destroying him . Cromwell had now dismissed the parliament by the authority of ...
... died at the Spa , Sep. 3. 1653 ; and , as con- trovertists are commonly said to be killed by their last dispute , Milton was flattered with the credit of destroying him . Cromwell had now dismissed the parliament by the authority of ...
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