The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Walker, Akerman, Edwards, 1821 |
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... manner of Horace's Lusory , or Amatorian Odes , is certainly a master- piece ; but Mr. Smith's Pocockius is of the sub- limer kind , though , like Waller's writings upon Oliver Cromwell , it wants not the most delicate and surprising ...
... manner of Horace's Lusory , or Amatorian Odes , is certainly a master- piece ; but Mr. Smith's Pocockius is of the sub- limer kind , though , like Waller's writings upon Oliver Cromwell , it wants not the most delicate and surprising ...
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... manners are so distant from our own , that we know them not from sympathy , but by study : the ignorant do not understand the action ; the learned reject it as a school boy's tale ; incredulus odi . What I cannot for a moment believe ...
... manners are so distant from our own , that we know them not from sympathy , but by study : the ignorant do not understand the action ; the learned reject it as a school boy's tale ; incredulus odi . What I cannot for a moment believe ...
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... manner , as a grand compounder ; whence it is inferred that he inherited a considerable fortune . In 1688 , the same year in which he was made master of arts , he published a confutation of Va- rillas's account of Wickliffe ; and ...
... manner , as a grand compounder ; whence it is inferred that he inherited a considerable fortune . In 1688 , the same year in which he was made master of arts , he published a confutation of Va- rillas's account of Wickliffe ; and ...
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... manner that delighted his au- dience , their approbation was expressed by a loud hum , continued in proportion to their zeal or plea- sure . When Burnet preached , part of his congre- gation hummed so loudly and so long , that he sat ...
... manner that delighted his au- dience , their approbation was expressed by a loud hum , continued in proportion to their zeal or plea- sure . When Burnet preached , part of his congre- gation hummed so loudly and so long , that he sat ...
Pàgina 64
... manner of Shakspeare ; whose dramas it resembles only as it is an English story , and as some of the persons have their names in history . This play , consisting chiefly of domestic scenes and private distress , lays hold upon the heart ...
... manner of Shakspeare ; whose dramas it resembles only as it is an English story , and as some of the persons have their names in history . This play , consisting chiefly of domestic scenes and private distress , lays hold upon the heart ...
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