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Page 116
... Cleveland , the forerunner of Hudibras , had , per- haps , the hardest fate of all , for , although he was by no means a fanatical supporter of the King's extreme views , he left Cambridge for Oxford to wait upon Charles , helped to ...
... Cleveland , the forerunner of Hudibras , had , per- haps , the hardest fate of all , for , although he was by no means a fanatical supporter of the King's extreme views , he left Cambridge for Oxford to wait upon Charles , helped to ...
Page 159
... written by several of the Author's friends , to be reprinted with the second edition of Gondibert . The verses are certainly by four several hands ; I believe that I detect Denham , Cleveland , the younger Donne , Davenant and Cowley . 159.
... written by several of the Author's friends , to be reprinted with the second edition of Gondibert . The verses are certainly by four several hands ; I believe that I detect Denham , Cleveland , the younger Donne , Davenant and Cowley . 159.
Page 184
... Cleveland first and then by Wild , was one with which it is possible for a modern critic to sym- pathize . It was , in fact , an admirable notion born . out of due time , and one which , if it could have been carried out , might have ...
... Cleveland first and then by Wild , was one with which it is possible for a modern critic to sym- pathize . It was , in fact , an admirable notion born . out of due time , and one which , if it could have been carried out , might have ...
Page 185
... Cleveland's scarcely intelligible love - poems , the Senses ' Festival and the Fuscara1 . Having sown his poetical wild oats in this way , at Cambridge , where , we are told , his verses were voted too extravagant even at that sanctum ...
... Cleveland's scarcely intelligible love - poems , the Senses ' Festival and the Fuscara1 . Having sown his poetical wild oats in this way , at Cambridge , where , we are told , his verses were voted too extravagant even at that sanctum ...
Page 186
... Cleveland betrays a curious sense of his own failure as a poet ; he is on the borderland of distinction , but he never quite crosses it . He would fain have made his gift of real service to the State , as young fellows to this day ...
... Cleveland betrays a curious sense of his own failure as a poet ; he is on the borderland of distinction , but he never quite crosses it . He would fain have made his gift of real service to the State , as young fellows to this day ...
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