The Beauties of English Poesy, Volume 2Oliver Goldsmith James Williams, 1771 - English poetry |
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... poet here defcribes forrows and misfortunes which were by no means imaginary ; and , thus , there runs a truth of thinking through this poem , without which it would be of little value , as Savage is , in other respects , but an ...
... poet here defcribes forrows and misfortunes which were by no means imaginary ; and , thus , there runs a truth of thinking through this poem , without which it would be of little value , as Savage is , in other respects , but an ...
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... poet made Charles II ; who asked him how his poem upon Cromwell came to be finer than his panegyric upon himself . " Your majefty , " replies Waller , " knows , that poets always fucceed beft in fiction . " " 6 WE E must refign ! Heav'n ...
... poet made Charles II ; who asked him how his poem upon Cromwell came to be finer than his panegyric upon himself . " Your majefty , " replies Waller , " knows , that poets always fucceed beft in fiction . " " 6 WE E must refign ! Heav'n ...
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Oliver Goldsmith. AN E S SAY ON POETRY . This work , by the duke of Buckingham , is en- rolled among our great English productions . The precepts are fenfible , the poetry not indifferent , but it has been praifed more than it deferves ...
Oliver Goldsmith. AN E S SAY ON POETRY . This work , by the duke of Buckingham , is en- rolled among our great English productions . The precepts are fenfible , the poetry not indifferent , but it has been praifed more than it deferves ...
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A NightPiece on Death Page | 5 |
Palemon and Lavinia | 13 |
The Bastard | 25 |
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