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... wrote some other small pieces which he after- wards printed . He sometimes imitated the English poets , and professed to have written at fourteen his poem upon Silence , after Rochester's Nothing . He had now formed his versification ...
... wrote some other small pieces which he after- wards printed . He sometimes imitated the English poets , and professed to have written at fourteen his poem upon Silence , after Rochester's Nothing . He had now formed his versification ...
Pagina 337
... wrote , and professed to write , merely for the people ; and when he pleased others , he contented himself . He spent no time in struggles to rouse latent powers ; he never attempted to make that better which was already good , nor ...
... wrote , and professed to write , merely for the people ; and when he pleased others , he contented himself . He spent no time in struggles to rouse latent powers ; he never attempted to make that better which was already good , nor ...
Pagina 405
... wrote ( 1746 ) that Collins had " a fine fancy , modelled upon the antique , a bad ear , great variety of words and ... wrote Tom Tyers in his obituary of Johnson , " he always spoke as he wrote , and called his poetry artificial ...
... wrote ( 1746 ) that Collins had " a fine fancy , modelled upon the antique , a bad ear , great variety of words and ... wrote Tom Tyers in his obituary of Johnson , " he always spoke as he wrote , and called his poetry artificial ...
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The Satirical Letters of St Jerome | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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