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At the age of twenty he wrote his first poem , Oxford ( 1706 ) , in which he enthusiastically depicts his pleasant surroundings . Among his college companions were Edward Young , William Harrison , and John Philips .
At the age of twenty he wrote his first poem , Oxford ( 1706 ) , in which he enthusiastically depicts his pleasant surroundings . Among his college companions were Edward Young , William Harrison , and John Philips .
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Pleased with the idea , he said : “ You know there is already The Hop - Garden , a Poem ; and , I think one could say a ... Christopher Smart was , so to speak , discovered by the later romantic poets and was consequently extravagantly ...
Pleased with the idea , he said : “ You know there is already The Hop - Garden , a Poem ; and , I think one could say a ... Christopher Smart was , so to speak , discovered by the later romantic poets and was consequently extravagantly ...
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It is a pleasure to read his review of the poem in Smollett's Critical Review , for here we behold Johnson in one of those ... Other poets were deserting the old ethical ideal for the mazes of fancy ; Goldsmith's Traveller is as frankly ...
It is a pleasure to read his review of the poem in Smollett's Critical Review , for here we behold Johnson in one of those ... Other poets were deserting the old ethical ideal for the mazes of fancy ; Goldsmith's Traveller is as frankly ...
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Contents
Preface PAGE 111 | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
Alma or The Progress of The Mind Canto I | 15 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | English Poetry of the Eighteenth Century |
| Editor | Cecil Albert Moore |
| Publisher | H. Holt, 1935 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 20 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 942 pages |
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