Lives of the English Poets, Volumen1Oxford University Press, 1926 |
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... praise of the Queen is too much exaggerated ; and the thought , that she saves lovers , by cutting off hope , as gangrenes are cured by lopping the limb , " presents nothing to the mind but disgust and horror . Of The Battle of the ...
... praise of the Queen is too much exaggerated ; and the thought , that she saves lovers , by cutting off hope , as gangrenes are cured by lopping the limb , " presents nothing to the mind but disgust and horror . Of The Battle of the ...
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... praise of a shrub , that it is as green as a tree , or of a brook , that it waters a garden , as a river waters a country . Dryden confesses that he did not know the lady whom he celebrates ; the praise being there- fore inevitably ...
... praise of a shrub , that it is as green as a tree , or of a brook , that it waters a garden , as a river waters a country . Dryden confesses that he did not know the lady whom he celebrates ; the praise being there- fore inevitably ...
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... praise him early , and was followed or accompanied by other poets ; perhaps by almost all , except by Swift and Pope ; who forbore to flatter him in his life , and after his death spoke of him , Swift with slight censure , and Pope in ...
... praise him early , and was followed or accompanied by other poets ; perhaps by almost all , except by Swift and Pope ; who forbore to flatter him in his life , and after his death spoke of him , Swift with slight censure , and Pope in ...
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