The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Walker, Akerman, Edwards, 1821 |
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... considered the ancients and moderns not as parties or rivals for fame , but as architects upon one and the same plan , the Art of Poetry ; according to which he judged , ap- proved , and blamed , without flattery or detraction . If he ...
... considered the ancients and moderns not as parties or rivals for fame , but as architects upon one and the same plan , the Art of Poetry ; according to which he judged , ap- proved , and blamed , without flattery or detraction . If he ...
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... considered as the opponent of his claim . Of his lampoon upon him , I once heard a single line too gross to be repeated . 1 But he was still a genius and a scholar , and Oxford was unwilling to lose him : he was endured , with all his ...
... considered as the opponent of his claim . Of his lampoon upon him , I once heard a single line too gross to be repeated . 1 But he was still a genius and a scholar , and Oxford was unwilling to lose him : he was endured , with all his ...
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... considered , like those of Sca- liger , as worthy of preservation . He had great readiness and exactness of cri- ticism , and by a cursory glance over a new compo- sition would exactly tell all its faults and beauties . He was ...
... considered , like those of Sca- liger , as worthy of preservation . He had great readiness and exactness of cri- ticism , and by a cursory glance over a new compo- sition would exactly tell all its faults and beauties . He was ...
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... considered as not qualified to oppose or contradict him . He had many frailties ; yet it cannot but be supposed that he had great merit , who could obtain to the same play a prologue from Addison , and an epilogue from Prior ; and who ...
... considered as not qualified to oppose or contradict him . He had many frailties ; yet it cannot but be supposed that he had great merit , who could obtain to the same play a prologue from Addison , and an epilogue from Prior ; and who ...
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... considered , in a conference , the great question , Whether the crown was vacant ? and manfully spoke in favour of his old master . He complied , however , with the new establish- ment , and was left unmolested ; but , in 1692 , a ...
... considered , in a conference , the great question , Whether the crown was vacant ? and manfully spoke in favour of his old master . He complied , however , with the new establish- ment , and was left unmolested ; but , in 1692 , a ...
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