The Lives of the English PoetsBernhard Tauchnitz, 1858 - 414 pagina's |
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... occasion were those verses written , which , though nothing is said of their success , seem to have recommended him to some notice ; for his praise of the Countess's music , and his lines on the famous picture of Seneca , afford reason ...
... occasion were those verses written , which , though nothing is said of their success , seem to have recommended him to some notice ; for his praise of the Countess's music , and his lines on the famous picture of Seneca , afford reason ...
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... occasion proceeded from accident or imitation , is not easy to determine . Tickell might have been impressed with his expectation by Swift's " Proposal for ascertaining the English Language , " then lately pub- lished . In the ...
... occasion proceeded from accident or imitation , is not easy to determine . Tickell might have been impressed with his expectation by Swift's " Proposal for ascertaining the English Language , " then lately pub- lished . In the ...
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Samuel Johnson. him to another effort of poetry . On this occasion he had fewer or less formidable rivals ; and it would be not easy to name any other composition produced by that event which is now remembered . Every thing has its day ...
Samuel Johnson. him to another effort of poetry . On this occasion he had fewer or less formidable rivals ; and it would be not easy to name any other composition produced by that event which is now remembered . Every thing has its day ...
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... occasion , and convince him thoroughly , that we must give a different turn to our parliament and our people according to their resolution at this crisis . " Prior's public dignity and splendour commenced in August , 1713 , and ...
... occasion , and convince him thoroughly , that we must give a different turn to our parliament and our people according to their resolution at this crisis . " Prior's public dignity and splendour commenced in August , 1713 , and ...
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... occasion , or is dictated by nature . The characters , both of men and women , are either fictitious and artificial , as those of Heartwell and the ladies ; or easy and common , as Wittol , a tame idiot , Bluff , a swaggering coward ...
... occasion , or is dictated by nature . The characters , both of men and women , are either fictitious and artificial , as those of Heartwell and the ladies ; or easy and common , as Wittol , a tame idiot , Bluff , a swaggering coward ...
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