Lives of the English Poets : Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, PopeGood Press, 6 dec 2019 - 222 pagina's "Lives of the English Poets : Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope" by Samuel Johnson contains short biographies and critical appraisals of 52 poets, most of whom lived during the eighteenth century. These were arranged, approximately, by the date of death. Abraham Cowley, Sir John Denham, John Milton, Samuel Butler, John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, Wentworth Dillon, Earl of Roscommon, Thomas Otway, Edmund Waller, and John Pomfret are just some of the honored poets. |
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... less conversant with that family . The same year he published " The City Mouse and Country Mouse , " to ridicule Dryden's " Hind and Panther , " in conjunction with Mr. Montague . There is a story of great pain suffered , and of tears ...
... less conversant with that family . The same year he published " The City Mouse and Country Mouse , " to ridicule Dryden's " Hind and Panther , " in conjunction with Mr. Montague . There is a story of great pain suffered , and of tears ...
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... less formidable rivals, and it would be not easy to name any other composition produced by that event which is now remembered. Everything has its day. Through the reigns of William and Anne no prosperous event passed undignified by ...
... less formidable rivals, and it would be not easy to name any other composition produced by that event which is now remembered. Everything has its day. Through the reigns of William and Anne no prosperous event passed undignified by ...
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... less formality. Prior either accompanied him or followed him, and after his departure had the appointments and authority of an ambassador, though no public character. By some mistake of the queen's orders the court of France had been ...
... less formality. Prior either accompanied him or followed him, and after his departure had the appointments and authority of an ambassador, though no public character. By some mistake of the queen's orders the court of France had been ...
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... less tedious by writing his “Alma.” He was, however, soon after discharged. He had now his liberty, but he had nothing else. Whatever the profit of his employments might have been, he had always spent it; and at the age of fifty-three ...
... less tedious by writing his “Alma.” He was, however, soon after discharged. He had now his liberty, but he had nothing else. Whatever the profit of his employments might have been, he had always spent it; and at the age of fifty-three ...
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