The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Walker, Akerman, Edwards, 1821 |
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... mentioned with reverence rather for the possession than the exertion of uncommon abilities . Of his life little is known ; and that little claims . no praise but what can be given to intellectual excellence , seldom employed to any ...
... mentioned with reverence rather for the possession than the exertion of uncommon abilities . Of his life little is known ; and that little claims . no praise but what can be given to intellectual excellence , seldom employed to any ...
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... mentioned , but to wipe off the aspersions that were ignorantly cast by some on his birth . It is to be remembered , for our author's honour , that , when at Westminster election he stood a candidate for one of the universities , he so ...
... mentioned , but to wipe off the aspersions that were ignorantly cast by some on his birth . It is to be remembered , for our author's honour , that , when at Westminster election he stood a candidate for one of the universities , he so ...
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... mention for what reasons this design was dropped , though they are very much to Mr. Smith's honour . The truth is , and I speak it before living witnesses , whilst an agreeable company could fix him upon a subject of useful literature ...
... mention for what reasons this design was dropped , though they are very much to Mr. Smith's honour . The truth is , and I speak it before living witnesses , whilst an agreeable company could fix him upon a subject of useful literature ...
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... mention of two such names may justify the largest expectations , and is sufficient to make the town an agreeable in- vitation . His greatest and noblest undertaking was Lon- ginus . He had finished an entire translation of the Sublime ...
... mention of two such names may justify the largest expectations , and is sufficient to make the town an agreeable in- vitation . His greatest and noblest undertaking was Lon- ginus . He had finished an entire translation of the Sublime ...
Pàgina 20
... neglected to attend him , though doubtless warned and pressed by his friends , and at last missed his reward by not going to solicit it . Addison has , in the Spectator , mentioned the neglect 20 SMITH . ᏚᏢᎡᎪᎢ HALIFAX.
... neglected to attend him , though doubtless warned and pressed by his friends , and at last missed his reward by not going to solicit it . Addison has , in the Spectator , mentioned the neglect 20 SMITH . ᏚᏢᎡᎪᎢ HALIFAX.
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