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to me at Chalfont, which otherwise I had not thought of." His last poetical offspring
was his favourite. He could not, as Elwood relates, endure to hear Paradise Lost
preferred to Paradise Regained. Many » causes may vitiate a writers judgment ...
to me at Chalfont, which otherwise I had not thought of." His last poetical offspring
was his favourite. He could not, as Elwood relates, endure to hear Paradise Lost
preferred to Paradise Regained. Many » causes may vitiate a writers judgment ...
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The Spirit relates that the Lady is in the power of Comus; the Brother moralizes
again; and the Spirit makes a long narration, of no use because it is false, and
therefore unsuitable to a good Being. In all these parts the language is poetical, ...
The Spirit relates that the Lady is in the power of Comus; the Brother moralizes
again; and the Spirit makes a long narration, of no use because it is false, and
therefore unsuitable to a good Being. In all these parts the language is poetical, ...
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Epick poetry undertakes" to teacli the most important truths by the most pleasing
precepts, and therefore relates some great event in the" most affecting manner.
History must supply the writer with the rudiments of narration, which he must ...
Epick poetry undertakes" to teacli the most important truths by the most pleasing
precepts, and therefore relates some great event in the" most affecting manner.
History must supply the writer with the rudiments of narration, which he must ...
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In 1663 was published the first part, containing three cantos, of the poem of
Hudibras, which, as Prior relates, was made known at Court by the taste and
influence of the Earl of Dorset. When it was known, it was necessarily admired :
the King ...
In 1663 was published the first part, containing three cantos, of the poem of
Hudibras, which, as Prior relates, was made known at Court by the taste and
influence of the Earl of Dorset. When it was known, it was necessarily admired :
the King ...
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Wood relates that he was secretary to Villiers Duke of Buckingham, when he was
Chancellor of Cambridge : this is doubted by the other writer, who yet allows the
Duke to have been his frequent benefactor. That both these accounts are false ...
Wood relates that he was secretary to Villiers Duke of Buckingham, when he was
Chancellor of Cambridge : this is doubted by the other writer, who yet allows the
Duke to have been his frequent benefactor. That both these accounts are false ...
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