Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature, Volume 2J.B. Lippincott Company, 1910 - American literature |
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... poet's couplets were made to exemplify the errors they condemned . The lines- These Equal Syllables alone require , Tho ' oft the Ear the open Vowels tire , While Expletives their feeble Aid do join , And ten low Words oft creep in one ...
... poet's couplets were made to exemplify the errors they condemned . The lines- These Equal Syllables alone require , Tho ' oft the Ear the open Vowels tire , While Expletives their feeble Aid do join , And ten low Words oft creep in one ...
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... poet . From Young to Cowper , the heroic couplet on the Pope model remained the recognised metre of the century , and , as might be ex- pected , it was largely employed for the social satire in which he had won his greenest laurels ...
... poet . From Young to Cowper , the heroic couplet on the Pope model remained the recognised metre of the century , and , as might be ex- pected , it was largely employed for the social satire in which he had won his greenest laurels ...
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... poet in 1662 ; his services as reader securing from Milton in return guidance in his own studies for two months , until they were ended by illness and a succession of imprisonments . His later life was largely spent in controversy and ...
... poet in 1662 ; his services as reader securing from Milton in return guidance in his own studies for two months , until they were ended by illness and a succession of imprisonments . His later life was largely spent in controversy and ...
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... poet - laureate in 1690 , in 1702 became also historiographer - royal , and is described by Oldys as ' a free , good ... poetic quality . The Supplement to the New Version ( 1703 ) was possibly the work of Tate alone ; one thing in it ...
... poet - laureate in 1690 , in 1702 became also historiographer - royal , and is described by Oldys as ' a free , good ... poetic quality . The Supplement to the New Version ( 1703 ) was possibly the work of Tate alone ; one thing in it ...
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... poet , but his plays are clever and skilfully put together . That they were gross and indecent could be no reason for Dryden's denunciation ; and no doubt personal , professional , and religious hostility made Dryden uncritical in the ...
... poet , but his plays are clever and skilfully put together . That they were gross and indecent could be no reason for Dryden's denunciation ; and no doubt personal , professional , and religious hostility made Dryden uncritical in the ...
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