Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of British Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Times, Volume 2Robert Chambers J.B. Lippincott and Company, 1864 - English literature |
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... Poet's Prayer , WILLIAMS , 382 THOMAS HAYNES BAYLY , Sonnet to Hope , 383 Verses to his Wife , LEIGH HUNT , 383 REV . JOHN KEBLE , May Morning at Ravenna , 384 Extracts from The Christian Year , Funeral of the Lovers in Rimini , 385 ...
... Poet's Prayer , WILLIAMS , 382 THOMAS HAYNES BAYLY , Sonnet to Hope , 383 Verses to his Wife , LEIGH HUNT , 383 REV . JOHN KEBLE , May Morning at Ravenna , 384 Extracts from The Christian Year , Funeral of the Lovers in Rimini , 385 ...
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... poet , combined with the taste and acquirements of the antiquary ; while Ireland excelled only in the mechanical imitation of ancient writings , and was destitute of the talent or knowledge to give them verisimilitude and animation . It ...
... poet , combined with the taste and acquirements of the antiquary ; while Ireland excelled only in the mechanical imitation of ancient writings , and was destitute of the talent or knowledge to give them verisimilitude and animation . It ...
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... poet replied : ' I know of no misery but a jail , to which my own imprudences and your letter seem to point . I have seen it inevitable these three or four weeks , and , by heavens ! request it as a favour - as a favour that may prevent ...
... poet replied : ' I know of no misery but a jail , to which my own imprudences and your letter seem to point . I have seen it inevitable these three or four weeks , and , by heavens ! request it as a favour - as a favour that may prevent ...
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... poet so trusted before ! ' ex- claimed Johnson . His remains were interred in the Temple burying - ground , and a monument erected to his memory in Westminster Abbey , next the grave of Gay , whom he somewhat resembled in character ...
... poet so trusted before ! ' ex- claimed Johnson . His remains were interred in the Temple burying - ground , and a monument erected to his memory in Westminster Abbey , next the grave of Gay , whom he somewhat resembled in character ...
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... poet in chronological order , thus making the subject of the memoir in some degree his own biographer , and enabling the reader to judge more fully and correctly of his situation , thoughts , and feelings . Old Shakspeare , receive him ...
... poet in chronological order , thus making the subject of the memoir in some degree his own biographer , and enabling the reader to judge more fully and correctly of his situation , thoughts , and feelings . Old Shakspeare , receive him ...
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