Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1977 - 461 pagina's |
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... written when he was ten years old ; and ' Constantia and Philetus , ' written two years after . While he was yet at school he produced a comedy called ' Love's Riddle , ' though it was not published till he had been some time at ...
... written when he was ten years old ; and ' Constantia and Philetus , ' written two years after . While he was yet at school he produced a comedy called ' Love's Riddle , ' though it was not published till he had been some time at ...
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... written in imitation of the Georgicks , may be given this peculiar praise , that it is grounded in truth ; that the precepts which it contains are exact and just ; and that it is therefore , at once , a book of entertainment and of ...
... written in imitation of the Georgicks , may be given this peculiar praise , that it is grounded in truth ; that the precepts which it contains are exact and just ; and that it is therefore , at once , a book of entertainment and of ...
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... writing to a poet , he has interspersed many critical observations , of which some are common , and some perhaps ventured ... written in quatrains , or heroick stanzas of four lines ; a measure which he had learned from the Gondibert of ...
... writing to a poet , he has interspersed many critical observations , of which some are common , and some perhaps ventured ... written in quatrains , or heroick stanzas of four lines ; a measure which he had learned from the Gondibert of ...
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