The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Walker, Akerman, Edwards, 1821 |
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... lassitude brought upon him , which , of all his foibles , the world was least inclined to forgive . That this was not owing to conceit or vanity , or a fulness of himself ( a frailty which has been imputed to no SMITH . 11.
... lassitude brought upon him , which , of all his foibles , the world was least inclined to forgive . That this was not owing to conceit or vanity , or a fulness of himself ( a frailty which has been imputed to no SMITH . 11.
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... least , it being the custom of the vulgar to charge an excess upon the most complaisant , and to form a character by the morals of a few , who have some- times spoiled an hour or two in good company . Where only fortune is wanting to ...
... least , it being the custom of the vulgar to charge an excess upon the most complaisant , and to form a character by the morals of a few , who have some- times spoiled an hour or two in good company . Where only fortune is wanting to ...
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... least my gratitude made me worthy of his notice . He was of an advanced age , and I was only yet a boy ; yet he never received my notions with contempt . He was a Whig , with all the virulence and malevolence of his party ; yet ...
... least my gratitude made me worthy of his notice . He was of an advanced age , and I was only yet a boy ; yet he never received my notions with contempt . He was a Whig , with all the virulence and malevolence of his party ; yet ...
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... least Sir Hans Sloane their president , in two dialogues , in- tituled The Transactioner . Though he was a regular advocate in the courts of civil and canon law , he did not love his pro- fession , nor indeed any kind of business which ...
... least Sir Hans Sloane their president , in two dialogues , in- tituled The Transactioner . Though he was a regular advocate in the courts of civil and canon law , he did not love his pro- fession , nor indeed any kind of business which ...
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... least in the projection of The Examiner . His eyes were open to all the operations of Whiggism ; and he bestowed some strictures upon Dr. Kennet's adulatory sermon at the funeral of the Duke of Devonshire . The History of the Heathen ...
... least in the projection of The Examiner . His eyes were open to all the operations of Whiggism ; and he bestowed some strictures upon Dr. Kennet's adulatory sermon at the funeral of the Duke of Devonshire . The History of the Heathen ...
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