The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Walker, Akerman, Edwards, 1821 |
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... as has been told ; but the indecency and li- * By his epitaph he appears to have been 42 years old when he died . He was consequently born in the year 1668 . centiousness of his behaviour drew upon him , De- cember 16 SMITH .
... as has been told ; but the indecency and li- * By his epitaph he appears to have been 42 years old when he died . He was consequently born in the year 1668 . centiousness of his behaviour drew upon him , De- cember 16 SMITH .
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... died in 1691 , and whose praise must have been written by Smith when he had been but two years in the uni- versity . This ode , which closed the second volume of the Musæ Anglicanæ , though perhaps some objections may be made to its ...
... died in 1691 , and whose praise must have been written by Smith when he had been but two years in the uni- versity . This ode , which closed the second volume of the Musæ Anglicanæ , though perhaps some objections may be made to its ...
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... died John Philips , the friend and fellow - collegian of Smith , who , on that occasion , wrote a poem , which justice must place among the best elegies which our language can show , an elegant mixture of fondness and admiration , of ...
... died John Philips , the friend and fellow - collegian of Smith , who , on that occasion , wrote a poem , which justice must place among the best elegies which our language can show , an elegant mixture of fondness and admiration , of ...
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... died on Christmas- day . Though his life had not been without irre- gularity , his principles were pure and orthodox , and his death was pious . After this relation , it will be naturally sup- posed that his poems were rather the ...
... died on Christmas- day . Though his life had not been without irre- gularity , his principles were pure and orthodox , and his death was pious . After this relation , it will be naturally sup- posed that his poems were rather the ...
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... died May 20 , 1713 . - Burnet is not very favourable to his memory ; but he and Burnet were old rivals . On some publick occasion they both preached before the house of commons . There prevailed in those days an in- decent custom : when ...
... died May 20 , 1713 . - Burnet is not very favourable to his memory ; but he and Burnet were old rivals . On some publick occasion they both preached before the house of commons . There prevailed in those days an in- decent custom : when ...
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