The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2Harper & Brothers, 1870 - English literature |
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... poets of this period that most of them enjoyed a con- siderable degree of worldly prosperity and importance , such as has rarely blessed the community of authors . Some filled high diplomatic and other official stations , and others ...
... poets of this period that most of them enjoyed a con- siderable degree of worldly prosperity and importance , such as has rarely blessed the community of authors . Some filled high diplomatic and other official stations , and others ...
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... poet the compliment to say , in allusion to his own translations , my latter swarm is hardly worth the hiving . ' The address to Dryden opens with the following lines : - How long , great poet ! shall thy sacred lays Provoke our wonder ...
... poet the compliment to say , in allusion to his own translations , my latter swarm is hardly worth the hiving . ' The address to Dryden opens with the following lines : - How long , great poet ! shall thy sacred lays Provoke our wonder ...
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... poet . While he was travelling in the latter country , apparently at leisure , he was far from being idle ; for he ... Poetic fields encompass me around , And still I seem to tread on classic ground ; 1 For here the muse so oft her harp ...
... poet . While he was travelling in the latter country , apparently at leisure , he was far from being idle ; for he ... Poetic fields encompass me around , And still I seem to tread on classic ground ; 1 For here the muse so oft her harp ...
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... poet to the place of commissioner of appeals , just then vacated by the promotion of Locke . This poem placed Addison upon the very pinnacle of fame ; and the following extract will show that the performance is certainly not without ...
... poet to the place of commissioner of appeals , just then vacated by the promotion of Locke . This poem placed Addison upon the very pinnacle of fame ; and the following extract will show that the performance is certainly not without ...
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... poet entirely fails to unlock the sources of human passion . It is a splendid and imposing work of art , with the grace , the majesty , and the coldness also , of a noble antique statue . The following soliloquy , in the first scene of ...
... poet entirely fails to unlock the sources of human passion . It is a splendid and imposing work of art , with the grace , the majesty , and the coldness also , of a noble antique statue . The following soliloquy , in the first scene of ...
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