The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Walker, Akerman, Edwards, 1821 |
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... and the success of it was as great as the most sanguine ex- pectations of his friends could promise or foresee . The number of nights , and the common method of filling the house , are not always the surest 10 SMITH .
... and the success of it was as great as the most sanguine ex- pectations of his friends could promise or foresee . The number of nights , and the common method of filling the house , are not always the surest 10 SMITH .
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... common friend : but what are the hopes of man ! I am disappointed by that stroke of death , which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations , and impoverished the publick stock of harmless pleasure . In the Library at Oxford is the following ...
... common friend : but what are the hopes of man ! I am disappointed by that stroke of death , which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations , and impoverished the publick stock of harmless pleasure . In the Library at Oxford is the following ...
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... common- wealthsman of the same name , who , at the Re- storation , left Congleton in Cheshire , where the family had been established for several centuries , and , settling in Ireland , purchased an estate , which , VOL . II . E with ...
... common- wealthsman of the same name , who , at the Re- storation , left Congleton in Cheshire , where the family had been established for several centuries , and , settling in Ireland , purchased an estate , which , VOL . II . E with ...
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... common life ; the diction is exquisitely harmonious , and soft or sprightly as occasion requires . The character of Lothario seems to have been expanded by Richardson into Lovelace ; but he has excelled his original in the moral effect ...
... common life ; the diction is exquisitely harmonious , and soft or sprightly as occasion requires . The character of Lothario seems to have been expanded by Richardson into Lovelace ; but he has excelled his original in the moral effect ...
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... common fate of mythological stories , is now gene- rally neglected . We have been too early acquainted with the poetical heroes , to expect any pleasure from their revival ; to show them , as they have already been shown , is to disgust ...
... common fate of mythological stories , is now gene- rally neglected . We have been too early acquainted with the poetical heroes , to expect any pleasure from their revival ; to show them , as they have already been shown , is to disgust ...
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