The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Walker, Akerman, Edwards, 1821 |
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... merit , which was the only burthen and reproach he ever brought upon his friends . He could say , as Horace did of himself , what I never yet saw translated : Meo sum pauper in ære . At his coming to town , no man was more sur- rounded ...
... merit , which was the only burthen and reproach he ever brought upon his friends . He could say , as Horace did of himself , what I never yet saw translated : Meo sum pauper in ære . At his coming to town , no man was more sur- rounded ...
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... merit ; and of that he had exhibited suf- ficient evidence by his excellent ode on the death . of the great orientalist , Dr. Pocock , who died in 1691 , and whose praise must have been written by Smith when he had been but two years in ...
... merit ; and of that he had exhibited suf- ficient evidence by his excellent ode on the death . of the great orientalist , Dr. Pocock , who died in 1691 , and whose praise must have been written by Smith when he had been but two years in ...
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... merit , had ensured no band of applauders , nor used any artifice to force success , and found that native excellence was not sufficient for its own support . The play , however , was bought by Lintot , who advanced the price from fifty ...
... merit , had ensured no band of applauders , nor used any artifice to force success , and found that native excellence was not sufficient for its own support . The play , however , was bought by Lintot , who advanced the price from fifty ...
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... merit , and was something contemptuous in his treatment of those whom he considered as not qualified to oppose or contradict him . He had many frailties ; yet it cannot but be supposed that he had great merit , who could obtain to the ...
... merit , and was something contemptuous in his treatment of those whom he considered as not qualified to oppose or contradict him . He had many frailties ; yet it cannot but be supposed that he had great merit , who could obtain to the ...
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... merit is the claim to attention ; and the account which is here to be expected may properly be proportioned not to his influence in the state , but to his rank among the writers of verse . Charles Montague was born April 16 , 1661 , at ...
... merit is the claim to attention ; and the account which is here to be expected may properly be proportioned not to his influence in the state , but to his rank among the writers of verse . Charles Montague was born April 16 , 1661 , at ...
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