The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Walker, Akerman, Edwards, 1821 |
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... believe , silent and tender ; for one of his friends , from whom I learned much of his life , appeared not to know it . He was now driven to London , where he as- sociated himself with the Whigs , whether because they were in power , or ...
... believe , silent and tender ; for one of his friends , from whom I learned much of his life , appeared not to know it . He was now driven to London , where he as- sociated himself with the Whigs , whether because they were in power , or ...
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... believe , I cannot for a moment behold with interest or anxiety . The sentiments thus remote from life are removed yet further by the diction , which is too luxuriant and splendid for dialogue , and envelops the thoughts rather than ...
... believe , I cannot for a moment behold with interest or anxiety . The sentiments thus remote from life are removed yet further by the diction , which is too luxuriant and splendid for dialogue , and envelops the thoughts rather than ...
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... believe , that the vice of which he has been accused was not gross , or not notorious . But his prosperity did not last long . His end , whatever was its cause , was now approaching . He enjoyed his preferment little more than a year ...
... believe , that the vice of which he has been accused was not gross , or not notorious . But his prosperity did not last long . His end , whatever was its cause , was now approaching . He enjoyed his preferment little more than a year ...
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... believe , every man has found in physicians great liberality and dignity of sentiment , very prompt effusion of be- neficence , and willingness to exert a lucrative art where there is no hope of lucre . Agreeably to this character , the ...
... believe , every man has found in physicians great liberality and dignity of sentiment , very prompt effusion of be- neficence , and willingness to exert a lucrative art where there is no hope of lucre . Agreeably to this character , the ...
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... believe , those who compare it with former copies will find that he has done more than he promised ; and that , without the pomp of notes or boasts of criticism , many passages are happily restored . He prefixed a life of the author ...
... believe , those who compare it with former copies will find that he has done more than he promised ; and that , without the pomp of notes or boasts of criticism , many passages are happily restored . He prefixed a life of the author ...
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