The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Walker, Akerman, Edwards, 1821 |
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... 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 . 17 SECOND VOLUME SMITH.
... 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 . 17 SECOND VOLUME SMITH.
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... lines . His poems are not below mediocrity ; nor have I found much in them to be praised † . * He was admitted there in 1670 ; was elected to Trinity College , Cambridge , in 1675 ; and took his master's degree in 1682 . † They make a ...
... lines . His poems are not below mediocrity ; nor have I found much in them to be praised † . * He was admitted there in 1670 ; was elected to Trinity College , Cambridge , in 1675 ; and took his master's degree in 1682 . † They make a ...
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... lines are eminently elegant . No passages fall below mediocrity , and few rise much above it . The plan seems formed without just proportion to the subject ; the means and end have no necessary connexion . Resnel , in his preface to ...
... lines are eminently elegant . No passages fall below mediocrity , and few rise much above it . The plan seems formed without just proportion to the subject ; the means and end have no necessary connexion . Resnel , in his preface to ...
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... lines . This character Rowe has very diligently and successfully preserved . His versification , which is such as his contemporaries practised , without any attempt at innovation or improvement , seldom wants either melody or force ...
... lines . This character Rowe has very diligently and successfully preserved . His versification , which is such as his contemporaries practised , without any attempt at innovation or improvement , seldom wants either melody or force ...
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... lines of Cato , which were at once detection and reproof . The bill was laid aside during that session ; and Addison died before the next , in which its commitment was rejected by two hundred and sixty - five to one hundred and seventy ...
... lines of Cato , which were at once detection and reproof . The bill was laid aside during that session ; and Addison died before the next , in which its commitment was rejected by two hundred and sixty - five to one hundred and seventy ...
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