The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Walker, Akerman, Edwards, 1821 |
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... give her . No man had a juster notion of the difficulty of composing than Mr. Smith ; and he sometimes would create greater difficulties than he had reason to apprehend . Writing with ease , what ( as Mr. Wycherley speaks ) may be ...
... give her . No man had a juster notion of the difficulty of composing than Mr. Smith ; and he sometimes would create greater difficulties than he had reason to apprehend . Writing with ease , what ( as Mr. Wycherley speaks ) may be ...
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... give even his misfortunes the hard name of faults ; but , if the world had half his good - na- ture , all the shady parts would be entirely struck out of his character . A man , who , under poverty , calamities , and dis- appointments ...
... give even his misfortunes the hard name of faults ; but , if the world had half his good - na- ture , all the shady parts would be entirely struck out of his character . A man , who , under poverty , calamities , and dis- appointments ...
Pàgina 17
... give to colours memory and delight . I quote it , however , as an imitation of these lines : So many languages he had in store , That only Fame shall speak of him in more . VOL . II . с The simile , by which an old man , retaining SMITH ...
... give to colours memory and delight . I quote it , however , as an imitation of these lines : So many languages he had in store , That only Fame shall speak of him in more . VOL . II . с The simile , by which an old man , retaining SMITH ...
Pàgina 22
... give more opportunities of informing the understand- ing , for which Smith was unquestionably qualified , or for moving the passions , in which I suspect him to have had less power . Having formed his plan and collected materials , he ...
... give more opportunities of informing the understand- ing , for which Smith was unquestionably qualified , or for moving the passions , in which I suspect him to have had less power . Having formed his plan and collected materials , he ...
Pàgina 47
... gives value to the praise which he receives , and considers the sentence passed in his favour as the sentence of discernment . We admire in a friend that understanding that selected us for confidence ; we admire more , in a patron ...
... gives value to the praise which he receives , and considers the sentence passed in his favour as the sentence of discernment . We admire in a friend that understanding that selected us for confidence ; we admire more , in a patron ...
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