The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Walker, Akerman, Edwards, 1821 |
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... force of argument , when Dr. Jane worthily presided in the chair ; whose condescending and disinterested commenda- tion of him gave him such a reputation as silenced the envious malice of his enemies , who durst not contradict the ...
... force of argument , when Dr. Jane worthily presided in the chair ; whose condescending and disinterested commenda- tion of him gave him such a reputation as silenced the envious malice of his enemies , who durst not contradict the ...
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... force of Demo- sthenes , the elegant and moving turns of Pliny , and the acute and wise reflections of Tacitus . Since Temple and Roscommon , no man under- stood Horace better , especially as to his happy diction , rolling numbers ...
... force of Demo- sthenes , the elegant and moving turns of Pliny , and the acute and wise reflections of Tacitus . Since Temple and Roscommon , no man under- stood Horace better , especially as to his happy diction , rolling numbers ...
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... force them to drive him away . Some time afterwards he assumed an appearance of decency : in his own phrase , he whitened himself , having a desire to obtain the censorship , an office of honour and some profit in the college ; but ...
... force them to drive him away . Some time afterwards he assumed an appearance of decency : in his own phrase , he whitened himself , having a desire to obtain the censorship , an office of honour and some profit in the college ; but ...
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... force success , and found that native excellence was not sufficient for its own support . The play , however , was bought by Lintot , who advanced the price from fifty guineas , the current rate , to sixty ; and Halifax , the general ...
... force success , and found that native excellence was not sufficient for its own support . The play , however , was bought by Lintot , who advanced the price from fifty guineas , the current rate , to sixty ; and Halifax , the general ...
Pàgina 61
... force of his mind , which was already such that he endeavoured to comprehend law , not as a series of precedents , or collection of positive pre- cepts , but as a system of rational government , and impartial justice . When he has ...
... force of his mind , which was already such that he endeavoured to comprehend law , not as a series of precedents , or collection of positive pre- cepts , but as a system of rational government , and impartial justice . When he has ...
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