Johnson's Lives of the Poets, Հատոր 3G. Bell and sons, 1890 |
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... lines . " Bettesworth was so little satisfied with this account , that he publickly professed his resolution of a violent and corporal revenge ; but the inhabitants of St. Patrick's dis- trict1 embodied themselves in the Dean's defence ...
... lines . " Bettesworth was so little satisfied with this account , that he publickly professed his resolution of a violent and corporal revenge ; but the inhabitants of St. Patrick's dis- trict1 embodied themselves in the Dean's defence ...
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... lines are smooth and sonorous , and his diction is select and elegant . His rhymes are sometimes unsuitable ; in his “ Melancholy " he makes breath rhyme to birth in one place , and to earth in another . Those faults occur but seldom ...
... lines are smooth and sonorous , and his diction is select and elegant . His rhymes are sometimes unsuitable ; in his “ Melancholy " he makes breath rhyme to birth in one place , and to earth in another . Those faults occur but seldom ...
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... lines on the death of Queen Mary , written by Barnes , of whom I should not have expected to find an imitator ; 66 " But thou , O Muse , whose sweet nepenthean tongue Can charm the pangs of death with deathless song ; Canst stinging ...
... lines on the death of Queen Mary , written by Barnes , of whom I should not have expected to find an imitator ; 66 " But thou , O Muse , whose sweet nepenthean tongue Can charm the pangs of death with deathless song ; Canst stinging ...
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... . E. and C. vol . i . p . 319. Dedicated to George Lord Lansdowne and , according to the opening lines of the poem , written at his instigation . Next year he was desirous of opening to himself new 66 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... . E. and C. vol . i . p . 319. Dedicated to George Lord Lansdowne and , according to the opening lines of the poem , written at his instigation . Next year he was desirous of opening to himself new 66 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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... line in the Dun- ciad : - -- “ And all the mighty mad in Dennis rage . " E. and C. vol . iv . pp . 109-316 . 3 Henry Cromwell . Characterized by Gay as " honest , hatless Crom- well . " He died in 1728. See Caruthers , pp . 35-45 . vain ...
... line in the Dun- ciad : - -- “ And all the mighty mad in Dennis rage . " E. and C. vol . iv . pp . 109-316 . 3 Henry Cromwell . Characterized by Gay as " honest , hatless Crom- well . " He died in 1728. See Caruthers , pp . 35-45 . vain ...
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Էջ 209 - This modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say, Here lies an honest man: A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great: Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace.
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