Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 |
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... Poets , xliv . 170. Fenton wrote to him in 1726 : — ' I hope you intend to fill up the vacancy where a character of eloquence is intended with Sir T. Hanmer's name . Whatever name is intended , I can never consent to have it begin with ...
... Poets , xliv . 170. Fenton wrote to him in 1726 : — ' I hope you intend to fill up the vacancy where a character of eloquence is intended with Sir T. Hanmer's name . Whatever name is intended , I can never consent to have it begin with ...
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... poets ; and by that means formed my taste , which , I think verily , about sixteen was very near as good as it is now . . . . I continued in this close pursuit of pleasure and languages till nineteen or twenty .... These five or six ...
... poets ; and by that means formed my taste , which , I think verily , about sixteen was very near as good as it is now . . . . I continued in this close pursuit of pleasure and languages till nineteen or twenty .... These five or six ...
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... Poets by the early exertion of their powers ; but the works of Cowley alone were published in his childhood , and therefore of him only can it be certain that his puerile performances received no improvement from his maturer studies2 ...
... Poets by the early exertion of their powers ; but the works of Cowley alone were published in his childhood , and therefore of him only can it be certain that his puerile performances received no improvement from his maturer studies2 ...
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... poets , was one 30 of his first encouragers . His regard was gained by the Pastorals , and from him Pope received the counsel by which he seems to have regulated his studies . Walsh advised him to correctness , which , as he told him ...
... poets , was one 30 of his first encouragers . His regard was gained by the Pastorals , and from him Pope received the counsel by which he seems to have regulated his studies . Walsh advised him to correctness , which , as he told him ...
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... poet and a politician 2 . Reports like this are often spread with boldness very dis- proportionate to their evidence . Why should Addison receive any particular disturbance from the last lines of Windsor Forest ? If contrariety of ...
... poet and a politician 2 . Reports like this are often spread with boldness very dis- proportionate to their evidence . Why should Addison receive any particular disturbance from the last lines of Windsor Forest ? If contrariety of ...
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