Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1868 |
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Pàgina xi
... , while I am seek- ing for something to say of men about whom I know nothing but their verses , and sometimes very little of them . Now I have begun , however , I do not despair of making an end . " EDITOR'S PREFACE . xi.
... , while I am seek- ing for something to say of men about whom I know nothing but their verses , and sometimes very little of them . Now I have begun , however , I do not despair of making an end . " EDITOR'S PREFACE . xi.
Pàgina xxxvii
... verses sitting up in bed with his arms through two holes in his blanket , who composed very respectable sacred poetry when he was sober , and who was at last run over by a hackney - coach when he was drunk ; Hoole , sur- named the ...
... verses sitting up in bed with his arms through two holes in his blanket , who composed very respectable sacred poetry when he was sober , and who was at last run over by a hackney - coach when he was drunk ; Hoole , sur- named the ...
Pàgina 44
... verses on Oliver's death . " This is no favourable representation , yet even in this not much wrong can be discovered . How far he complied with the men in power is to be inquired before he can be blamed . It is not said that he told ...
... verses on Oliver's death . " This is no favourable representation , yet even in this not much wrong can be discovered . How far he complied with the men in power is to be inquired before he can be blamed . It is not said that he told ...
Pàgina 45
... verses on Oliver's death , in which Wood's narrative seems to imply something encomiastic , there has been no appearance . There is a discourse concerning his government , indeed , with verses intermixed , but such as certainly gained ...
... verses on Oliver's death , in which Wood's narrative seems to imply something encomiastic , there has been no appearance . There is a discourse concerning his government , indeed , with verses intermixed , but such as certainly gained ...
Pàgina 48
... verses unjustly in praise of Sam Tuke Or printed his pitiful Melancholy . " His vehement desire of retirement now came again upon him . Not finding , " says the morose Wood , " that preferment conferred upon him which he expected ...
... verses unjustly in praise of Sam Tuke Or printed his pitiful Melancholy . " His vehement desire of retirement now came again upon him . Not finding , " says the morose Wood , " that preferment conferred upon him which he expected ...
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