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... lady he had loved , and that it is obviously written to please readers who took a great deal more interest in hearing about a handsome earl who died for love of a fair queen , than in the effect that earl's insurrection may have had in ...
... lady he had loved , and that it is obviously written to please readers who took a great deal more interest in hearing about a handsome earl who died for love of a fair queen , than in the effect that earl's insurrection may have had in ...
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... Ladies , Dryden drew attention for the first time , but in language which our later knowledge can scarcely improve , to the main peculiarity of Waller's poetical style . " Rime , " he said , " has all the advantages of prose , besides ...
... Ladies , Dryden drew attention for the first time , but in language which our later knowledge can scarcely improve , to the main peculiarity of Waller's poetical style . " Rime , " he said , " has all the advantages of prose , besides ...
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... ladies of James's court , among whom the verses were circulated in manuscript . I must be allowed to quote a few lines , as a specimen of the style of this interesting and vivacious poem . It is supposed that , during the peaceful ...
... ladies of James's court , among whom the verses were circulated in manuscript . I must be allowed to quote a few lines , as a specimen of the style of this interesting and vivacious poem . It is supposed that , during the peaceful ...
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... lady in the teeth of Whitehall . The Earl of Clarendon tells us that this incident caused Mr Waller to be famous to a degree which he had not attained by his wit , nor his fine parts , nor his poetry . It is probable that it also caused ...
... lady in the teeth of Whitehall . The Earl of Clarendon tells us that this incident caused Mr Waller to be famous to a degree which he had not attained by his wit , nor his fine parts , nor his poetry . It is probable that it also caused ...
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... was first drawn out of his retirement by his public passion , if I may be allowed to use such a term , for the lady he addressed as Sacharissa , and whom he believed that he had made as famous as Petrarch Waller and Sacharissa . 63.
... was first drawn out of his retirement by his public passion , if I may be allowed to use such a term , for the lady he addressed as Sacharissa , and whom he believed that he had made as famous as Petrarch Waller and Sacharissa . 63.
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