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Denham is deservedly considered as one of the fathers of English poetry . “
Denham and Waller , ” says Prior , “ improved our versification , and Dryden
perfected it . ” He has given specimens of various compositions , descriptive ,
ludicrous ...
Denham is deservedly considered as one of the fathers of English poetry . “
Denham and Waller , ” says Prior , “ improved our versification , and Dryden
perfected it . ” He has given specimens of various compositions , descriptive ,
ludicrous ...
Pagina 14
His father appears to have been very solicitous about his education ; for he was
instructed , at first , by private tuition , under the care of Thomas Young , who was
afterwards chaplain to the English merchants at Hamburgh , and of whom we ...
His father appears to have been very solicitous about his education ; for he was
instructed , at first , by private tuition , under the care of Thomas Young , who was
afterwards chaplain to the English merchants at Hamburgh , and of whom we ...
Pagina 23
... to honour him with a sorry distich , in which he commends him for every thing
but his religion : and Milton , in return , addressed him in a Latin poem , which
must have raised an high opinion of English elegance and literature . His
purpose ...
... to honour him with a sorry distich , in which he commends him for every thing
but his religion : and Milton , in return , addressed him in a Latin poem , which
must have raised an high opinion of English elegance and literature . His
purpose ...
Pagina 35
About this time ( 1645 ) a collection of his Latin and English poems appeared , in
which the Allegro and Penseroso , with some others , were first published . He
had taken a large house in Barbican , for the reception of scholars ; but the ...
About this time ( 1645 ) a collection of his Latin and English poems appeared , in
which the Allegro and Penseroso , with some others , were first published . He
had taken a large house in Barbican , for the reception of scholars ; but the ...
Pagina 57
Milton , who , in his letter to Hartlib , had declared , that “ to read Latin with an
English mouth is as ill a hearing as law French , ” required that Elwood should
learn and practise the Italian pronunciation , which , he said , was necessary , if
he ...
Milton , who , in his letter to Hartlib , had declared , that “ to read Latin with an
English mouth is as ill a hearing as law French , ” required that Elwood should
learn and practise the Italian pronunciation , which , he said , was necessary , if
he ...
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