The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Walker, Akerman, Edwards, 1821 |
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... acquaintance , who were pleased to distinguish between the wit and the scholar , extolled him altogether on the account of these titles ; but others , who knew him better , could not forbear doing him justice as a prodigy in both kinds ...
... acquaintance , who were pleased to distinguish between the wit and the scholar , extolled him altogether on the account of these titles ; but others , who knew him better , could not forbear doing him justice as a prodigy in both kinds ...
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... acquaintance and retirements were his own free choice . What Mr. Prior observes upon a very great character was true of him , that most of his faults brought their excuse with them . Those who blamed him most understood him least , it ...
... acquaintance and retirements were his own free choice . What Mr. Prior observes upon a very great character was true of him , that most of his faults brought their excuse with them . Those who blamed him most understood him least , it ...
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... acquaintance with the course of life . Dennis tells us , in one of his pieces , that he had once a design to have written the tragedy of Phædra ; but was convinced that the action was too mythological . In 1709 , a year after the ...
... acquaintance with the course of life . Dennis tells us , in one of his pieces , that he had once a design to have written the tragedy of Phædra ; but was convinced that the action was too mythological . In 1709 , a year after the ...
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... acquaintance was numerous , it was a very profitable poem . Of his Pindar mentioned by Oldisworth , I have never otherwise heard . His Longinus he intended to accompany with some illustrations , and had selected his instances of the ...
... acquaintance was numerous , it was a very profitable poem . Of his Pindar mentioned by Oldisworth , I have never otherwise heard . His Longinus he intended to accompany with some illustrations , and had selected his instances of the ...
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... registrar of the ecclesiastical court of Lichfield , who was acquainted both with Smith and Ducket ; and declared , that , if the tale concerning Clarendon were forged , he should sus- pect Ducket of the falsehood ; " for Rag was SMITH .
... registrar of the ecclesiastical court of Lichfield , who was acquainted both with Smith and Ducket ; and declared , that , if the tale concerning Clarendon were forged , he should sus- pect Ducket of the falsehood ; " for Rag was SMITH .
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