The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Walker, Akerman, Edwards, 1821 |
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... conversation was pleasant and instructive ; and what Horace said of Plotius , Varius , and Virgil , might justly be applied to him : Nil ego contulerim jucundo sanus Amico . Sat. v . 1. 1 . As correct a writer as he was in his most ...
... conversation was pleasant and instructive ; and what Horace said of Plotius , Varius , and Virgil , might justly be applied to him : Nil ego contulerim jucundo sanus Amico . Sat. v . 1. 1 . As correct a writer as he was in his most ...
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... conversation . There was once a design , hinted at by Oldis- worth , to have made him useful . One evening , as he was sitting with a friend at a tavern , he was called down by the waiter ; and , having staid some time below , came up ...
... conversation . There was once a design , hinted at by Oldis- worth , to have made him useful . One evening , as he was sitting with a friend at a tavern , he was called down by the waiter ; and , having staid some time below , came up ...
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... conversation were 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 ...
... conversation were 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 ...
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... conversation with Gilbert Walmsley , late 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 ...
... conversation with Gilbert Walmsley , late 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 ...
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... conversation and accomplish- ments , as to obtain very extensive practice ; and , if a pamphlet of those times may be credited , had the favour and confidence of one party , as Radcliffe had of the other . He is always mentioned as a ...
... conversation and accomplish- ments , as to obtain very extensive practice ; and , if a pamphlet of those times may be credited , had the favour and confidence of one party , as Radcliffe had of the other . He is always mentioned as a ...
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