The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 1Methuen, 1896 |
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Pàgina ix
... Poets- the only work of capital importance which the last twenty years of his life produced - at the instigation of the London booksellers , who sent a deputation to wait upon him on Easter Eve 1777 ; that the remuneration which he ...
... Poets- the only work of capital importance which the last twenty years of his life produced - at the instigation of the London booksellers , who sent a deputation to wait upon him on Easter Eve 1777 ; that the remuneration which he ...
Pàgina xiii
... poets or painters- only by chance , ' — that such an one should be apt to confound the ethical with the æsthetic , the ... poem that could at least ' promote no other purposes than those of virtue , ' being ' written with a very strong ...
... poets or painters- only by chance , ' — that such an one should be apt to confound the ethical with the æsthetic , the ... poem that could at least ' promote no other purposes than those of virtue , ' being ' written with a very strong ...
Pàgina 2
... there is no doubt , since a volume of his poems was not only written but printed in his thirteenth year ; containing , with other poetical com- positions , The Tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe , 2 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... there is no doubt , since a volume of his poems was not only written but printed in his thirteenth year ; containing , with other poetical com- positions , The Tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe , 2 LIVES OF THE POETS.
Pàgina 2
... there is no doubt , since a volume of his poems was not only written but printed in his thirteenth year ; containing , with other poetical com- positions , The Tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe , 2 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... there is no doubt , since a volume of his poems was not only written but printed in his thirteenth year ; containing , with other poetical com- positions , The Tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe , 2 LIVES OF THE POETS.
Pàgina 8
... poets , Cowley and Milton , of dissimilar genius , of opposite principles ; but concurring in the cultivation of Latin poetry , in which the English , till their works and May's poem appeared , seemed unable to contest the palm with any ...
... poets , Cowley and Milton , of dissimilar genius , of opposite principles ; but concurring in the cultivation of Latin poetry , in which the English , till their works and May's poem appeared , seemed unable to contest the palm with any ...
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