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When the battle of Blenheim called forth all the versemen , Prior , among the rest ,
took care to shew his delight in the increasing honour of his country by an Epistle
to Boileau . He published soon afterwards a volume of poems , with the ...
When the battle of Blenheim called forth all the versemen , Prior , among the rest ,
took care to shew his delight in the increasing honour of his country by an Epistle
to Boileau . He published soon afterwards a volume of poems , with the ...
Pagina 5
There was now a call for writers , who might convey intelligence of past abuses ,
and shew the waste of public money , theunreasonable conduct of the allies , the
avarice of generals , the tyranny of ( minions , and the general danger of ...
There was now a call for writers , who might convey intelligence of past abuses ,
and shew the waste of public money , theunreasonable conduct of the allies , the
avarice of generals , the tyranny of ( minions , and the general danger of ...
Pagina 18
He has altered the stanza of Spenser , as a house is altered by building another
in its place of a different form . With how little resemblance he has formed his new
stanza to that of his master these specimens will shew : SPENSER . She flying ...
He has altered the stanza of Spenser , as a house is altered by building another
in its place of a different form . With how little resemblance he has formed his new
stanza to that of his master these specimens will shew : SPENSER . She flying ...
Pagina 23
With this play was opened the New Theatre ; under the direction of Betterton , the
tragedian ; where he exhibited , two years afterwards , ( 1687 ) " The Mourning
Bride , " a tragedy , so written as to shew him sufficiently qualified for either kind
of ...
With this play was opened the New Theatre ; under the direction of Betterton , the
tragedian ; where he exhibited , two years afterwards , ( 1687 ) " The Mourning
Bride , " a tragedy , so written as to shew him sufficiently qualified for either kind
of ...
Pagina 29
But William is his hero , and of William he will sing : The hovering winds on
downy wings shall wait around , And catch , and waft to foreign lands , the flying
sound . It cannot but be proper to shew what they shall have to catch and carry : .
But William is his hero , and of William he will sing : The hovering winds on
downy wings shall wait around , And catch , and waft to foreign lands , the flying
sound . It cannot but be proper to shew what they shall have to catch and carry : .
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2 Volume 419 van Collection of British and American authors Collection of British authors ; no. 418-419 Volume 418 van Collection of British authors The Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson |
| Auteur | Samuel Johnson |
| Uitgever | B. Tauchnitz, 1858 |
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