The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 11Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1819 - English poetry |
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Page 11
... rest . ' Wilson has preserved a curious story respecting his funeral . Dryden died on Wednesday morning . The next day , Dr. Sprat , bishop of Rochester and dean of Westminster , made his widow a present of the ground , and all the ...
... rest . ' Wilson has preserved a curious story respecting his funeral . Dryden died on Wednesday morning . The next day , Dr. Sprat , bishop of Rochester and dean of Westminster , made his widow a present of the ground , and all the ...
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... rest of Dryden's family ? He married Lady Elizabeth Howard ; and slander did not fail to in- sinuate , that there were very precious reasons for it , too . ' That the union was displeasing to the friends of the lady , we can readily ...
... rest of Dryden's family ? He married Lady Elizabeth Howard ; and slander did not fail to in- sinuate , that there were very precious reasons for it , too . ' That the union was displeasing to the friends of the lady , we can readily ...
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... he ever had a fit subject for his wit , and did not then raise himself as high above the rest of poets , Quantum lenta solent inter viberna cupressi . ' E 2 HEROIC STANZAS ON THE DEATH OF OLIVER CROMWELL . WRITTEN LIFE OF DRYDEN . 53.
... he ever had a fit subject for his wit , and did not then raise himself as high above the rest of poets , Quantum lenta solent inter viberna cupressi . ' E 2 HEROIC STANZAS ON THE DEATH OF OLIVER CROMWELL . WRITTEN LIFE OF DRYDEN . 53.
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... survey , By intuition in his own large breast , Where all the rich ideas of them lay , That were the rule and measure to the rest . When such heroic virtue Heaven sets out , The stars 58 STANZAS ON THE DEATH OF 0. CROMWELL .
... survey , By intuition in his own large breast , Where all the rich ideas of them lay , That were the rule and measure to the rest . When such heroic virtue Heaven sets out , The stars 58 STANZAS ON THE DEATH OF 0. CROMWELL .
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... rest , His name a great example stands , to show How strangely high endeavours may be blest , Where piety and valour jointly go . ASTRÆEA REDUX . ON THE HAPPY RESTORATION AND RETURN OF 60 STANZAS ON THE DEATH OF O. CROMWELL.
... rest , His name a great example stands , to show How strangely high endeavours may be blest , Where piety and valour jointly go . ASTRÆEA REDUX . ON THE HAPPY RESTORATION AND RETURN OF 60 STANZAS ON THE DEATH OF O. CROMWELL.
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 22 Ezekiel Sanford,Robert Walsh, Jr. No preview available - 2015 |
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