Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1868 |
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... poetical criticism , the decisions of Johnson are generally right . Indeed the judgment of the world is that of Byron . " Johnson , " writes the noble poet , " strips many a leaf from every laurel ; still John- son's is the finest ...
... poetical criticism , the decisions of Johnson are generally right . Indeed the judgment of the world is that of Byron . " Johnson , " writes the noble poet , " strips many a leaf from every laurel ; still John- son's is the finest ...
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... poetical compositions , ' The Tragical History of Pyra- mus and Thisbe , ' written when he was ten years old ; and ... Poetical Blossomes by A. C. London , 1688 , small 4to . pp . 61 . In the portrait he is represented as about to be ...
... poetical compositions , ' The Tragical History of Pyra- mus and Thisbe , ' written when he was ten years old ; and ... Poetical Blossomes by A. C. London , 1688 , small 4to . pp . 61 . In the portrait he is represented as about to be ...
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... poetical dedication to Sir Kenelm Digby , of whose acquaintance all his contemporaries seem to have been ambitious , and ' Naufragium Joculare , ' a comedy written in Latin , but without due attention to the ancient models ; for it is ...
... poetical dedication to Sir Kenelm Digby , of whose acquaintance all his contemporaries seem to have been ambitious , and ' Naufragium Joculare , ' a comedy written in Latin , but without due attention to the ancient models ; for it is ...
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... Poetry of May and Cowley to that of Milton , and thinks May to be the first of the three . May is certainly a sonorous versifier , and was sufficiently accomplished in poetical declamation for the continuation of Lucan's Pharsalia . But ...
... Poetry of May and Cowley to that of Milton , and thinks May to be the first of the three . May is certainly a sonorous versifier , and was sufficiently accomplished in poetical declamation for the continuation of Lucan's Pharsalia . But ...
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... poetical age ; I thought to have found no inhabitants there but such as the shepherds of Sir Philip Sidney in Arcadia , or of Monsieur d'Urfé upon the banks of Lignon ; and began to consider with myself which way I might recommend no ...
... poetical age ; I thought to have found no inhabitants there but such as the shepherds of Sir Philip Sidney in Arcadia , or of Monsieur d'Urfé upon the banks of Lignon ; and began to consider with myself which way I might recommend no ...
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