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. |
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Imprinted at London , in Fleet - street , near unto Saint Dunstan's Church , by
Thomas Marsh , 1581 , 4to . " The translations were made by different hands ,
and at different times . Neville seems to have been a learned man and an elegant
writer ...
Imprinted at London , in Fleet - street , near unto Saint Dunstan's Church , by
Thomas Marsh , 1581 , 4to . " The translations were made by different hands ,
and at different times . Neville seems to have been a learned man and an elegant
writer ...
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brought to a hasty termination , and an additional book has been added to it by
another writer . What portions of the work are to be attributed to the pen of the
Countess , cappot now be ascertained , but the hand of a lady is visible
throughout ...
brought to a hasty termination , and an additional book has been added to it by
another writer . What portions of the work are to be attributed to the pen of the
Countess , cappot now be ascertained , but the hand of a lady is visible
throughout ...
Page 142
If this be not a partial specimen , we may very safely pronounce the Countess to
have been a correct , nervous , and spirited writer of prose ; who wielded her
native language with the ease and dignity of a veteran scholar , and far excelled
her ...
If this be not a partial specimen , we may very safely pronounce the Countess to
have been a correct , nervous , and spirited writer of prose ; who wielded her
native language with the ease and dignity of a veteran scholar , and far excelled
her ...
Page 182
The following extract from a letter addressed by Hawkesworth to the Rev. John
Duncombe , of the date of Feb. 10th , 1758 , is now before the writer .. “ I would
sooner have acknowledged the favour of your's of the 3d of Feb. which however
did ...
The following extract from a letter addressed by Hawkesworth to the Rev. John
Duncombe , of the date of Feb. 10th , 1758 , is now before the writer .. “ I would
sooner have acknowledged the favour of your's of the 3d of Feb. which however
did ...
Page 342
Of the miserable engraving of those designed to ornament the four volumes of
Horace , she very justly complains in a manuscript now before the writer . + Of the
estimation in which she was held by Dr. Hawkesworth some proofs have been ...
Of the miserable engraving of those designed to ornament the four volumes of
Horace , she very justly complains in a manuscript now before the writer . + Of the
estimation in which she was held by Dr. Hawkesworth some proofs have been ...
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| Title | 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. |
| Author | Rowland FREEMAN |
| Publisher | G. Wood, 1821 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 4 Feb 2015 |
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