Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive, and Narrative Poets of Great Britain, from Chaucer to the Present Day:: With a Preliminary Sketch of the History of Early English Poetry, and Biographical and Critical Notices, |
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... terton , Burns , & c . & c . On the same principle , no specimens are given from those poets whose principal writings , being sacred and serious , had already been noticed at length . But , between the two volumes , the BIOGRAPHICAL ...
... terton , Burns , & c . & c . On the same principle , no specimens are given from those poets whose principal writings , being sacred and serious , had already been noticed at length . But , between the two volumes , the BIOGRAPHICAL ...
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... terton , and of many poets , proves how much natural genius will predominate over situation . Chatterton began to write verses at twelve years old , and at sixteen , being by that time apprenticed to a scrivener , he first attracted ...
... terton , and of many poets , proves how much natural genius will predominate over situation . Chatterton began to write verses at twelve years old , and at sixteen , being by that time apprenticed to a scrivener , he first attracted ...
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... in his own person , which he endeavoured to obtain under the fictitious character of Rowley . Succeeding so well with the learned men of Bristol , Chat- terton was tempted to check at higher game . He CHATTERTON . 359.
... in his own person , which he endeavoured to obtain under the fictitious character of Rowley . Succeeding so well with the learned men of Bristol , Chat- terton was tempted to check at higher game . He CHATTERTON . 359.
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... terton was tempted to check at higher game . He wrote to the Hon . Horace Walpole , who was about that time . engaged with his History of Painters , offering to furnish him with an account of the eminent ancient painters who had ...
... terton was tempted to check at higher game . He wrote to the Hon . Horace Walpole , who was about that time . engaged with his History of Painters , offering to furnish him with an account of the eminent ancient painters who had ...
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