The Miscellaneous Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Life of DrydenA. and C. Black, 1870 - Demonology |
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... written in ridicule of it ; but no circumstance in his life is more remark- able , than that " Comus , " the " Monody on Lyci- das , " the " Allegro and Penseroso , " and the " Hymn on the Nativity , " are unpolluted by the metaphy ...
... written in ridicule of it ; but no circumstance in his life is more remark- able , than that " Comus , " the " Monody on Lyci- das , " the " Allegro and Penseroso , " and the " Hymn on the Nativity , " are unpolluted by the metaphy ...
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... written , none of us could write . " See Pref . to Walsh's Dialogue . Fenton says , " Waller spent the greatest part of a summer in correcting a poem of ten lines , those written in the Tasso of the Duchess of York . " - See MITFORD'S ...
... written , none of us could write . " See Pref . to Walsh's Dialogue . Fenton says , " Waller spent the greatest part of a summer in correcting a poem of ten lines , those written in the Tasso of the Duchess of York . " - See MITFORD'S ...
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... written by Dryden , when his feelings were considerably irritated by a supposed in- justice done to his son , is nevertheless qualified by great personal deference to his old preceptor . It may be readily supposed , that such a scholar ...
... written by Dryden , when his feelings were considerably irritated by a supposed in- justice done to his son , is nevertheless qualified by great personal deference to his old preceptor . It may be readily supposed , that such a scholar ...
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... written by our poet , then about eighteen years old . They were published in 1650 , under the title of " Lachrymæ Musarum . ” Dryden , having obtained a Westminster scho- larship , was admitted to Trinity College , Cam- bridge , on the ...
... written by our poet , then about eighteen years old . They were published in 1650 , under the title of " Lachrymæ Musarum . ” Dryden , having obtained a Westminster scho- larship , was admitted to Trinity College , Cam- bridge , on the ...
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... writing ; and although Butler pursued the ludi- crous , and Cowley aimed at the surprising , the leading features of their poetry only differ like those of the same face convulsed with laughter , or arrested in astonishment . The ...
... writing ; and although Butler pursued the ludi- crous , and Cowley aimed at the surprising , the leading features of their poetry only differ like those of the same face convulsed with laughter , or arrested in astonishment . The ...
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