The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1858 - 4 pagina's |
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... poetry . " The death of Queen Mary ( in 1695 ) produced a subject for all the writers ; perhaps no funeral was ever so poetically at- tended . Dryden , indeed , as a man discountenanced and de- prived , was silent ; but scarcely any ...
... poetry . " The death of Queen Mary ( in 1695 ) produced a subject for all the writers ; perhaps no funeral was ever so poetically at- tended . Dryden , indeed , as a man discountenanced and de- prived , was silent ; but scarcely any ...
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... Duke of Dorset ; it began with the College Exercise , and ended with the " " Nut - brown Maid . " The battle of Ramillies soon afterwards ( in 1706 ) excited him to another effort of poetry . On this occasion 4 PRIOR .
... Duke of Dorset ; it began with the College Exercise , and ended with the " " Nut - brown Maid . " The battle of Ramillies soon afterwards ( in 1706 ) excited him to another effort of poetry . On this occasion 4 PRIOR .
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