Kentish Poets. A series of writers in English poetry, natives or residents in the county of Kent; with specimens of their compositions and some account of their lives and writings. By R. F.1821 |
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... poet , was a man distinguished in his time by the favour of two sovereigns . He seems to have attached himself to the House of Lancaster , and to have incurred in consequence the displeasure of Richard the third , by whose directions he ...
... poet , was a man distinguished in his time by the favour of two sovereigns . He seems to have attached himself to the House of Lancaster , and to have incurred in consequence the displeasure of Richard the third , by whose directions he ...
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... poet this exalted station , were great personal beauty , a quick and ready wit , —a generous and open disposition , — dexterity in the martial exercises of the times , —a talent for verse , skill in languages , and in music . It is ...
... poet this exalted station , were great personal beauty , a quick and ready wit , —a generous and open disposition , — dexterity in the martial exercises of the times , —a talent for verse , skill in languages , and in music . It is ...
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... poets of that age , a practice borrowed from the example of their master Petrarch , to single out some object to whom they might address the most impassioned strains , without even a distant expectation of obtaining the usually hoped ...
... poets of that age , a practice borrowed from the example of their master Petrarch , to single out some object to whom they might address the most impassioned strains , without even a distant expectation of obtaining the usually hoped ...
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... poet , that this calumny was without foun- dation . It is not , it must be confessed , contrary to the character and spirit of the time , which afford instances of every thing mean , dastardly , and disgusting ; but there can be little ...
... poet , that this calumny was without foun- dation . It is not , it must be confessed , contrary to the character and spirit of the time , which afford instances of every thing mean , dastardly , and disgusting ; but there can be little ...
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... Poet sought retirement , and the cultivation of his talents upon the banks of the Medway . Soon after this escape he composed many of his best pieces , and among others , his satires addressed to Poynz and Sir Francis Bryan , and his ...
... Poet sought retirement , and the cultivation of his talents upon the banks of the Medway . Soon after this escape he composed many of his best pieces , and among others , his satires addressed to Poynz and Sir Francis Bryan , and his ...
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