The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Walker, Akerman, Edwards, 1821 |
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Pàgina 8
... opinion , who could not admire Verses as smooth and soft as cream , In which there was neither depth nor stream . And therefore , though his want of complaisance for some men's overbearing vanity made him ene- mies , yet the better part ...
... opinion , who could not admire Verses as smooth and soft as cream , In which there was neither depth nor stream . And therefore , though his want of complaisance for some men's overbearing vanity made him ene- mies , yet the better part ...
Pàgina 25
... opinion of his own 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 ...
... opinion of his own 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 ...
Pàgina 26
... opinion did not keep us apart . I honoured him , and he endured me . He had mingled with the gay world without ex- emption from its vices or its follies , but had never neglected the cultivation of his mind ; his belief of Revelation ...
... opinion did not keep us apart . I honoured him , and he endured me . He had mingled with the gay world without ex- emption from its vices or its follies , but had never neglected the cultivation of his mind ; his belief of Revelation ...
Pàgina 51
... more than he owned . He left many compositions be- hind him , of which Pope selected those which he thought best , and dedicated them to the Earl of Oxford . Of these Goldsmith has given an opinion , E 2 PARNELL . 51.
... more than he owned . He left many compositions be- hind him , of which Pope selected those which he thought best , and dedicated them to the Earl of Oxford . Of these Goldsmith has given an opinion , E 2 PARNELL . 51.
Pàgina 52
... opinion , and his criticism it is seldom safe to contradict . He bestows just praise upon The Rise of Woman , the Fairy Tale , and the Pervigilium Veneris ; but has very properly remarked , that in the Battle of Mice and Frogs the Greek ...
... opinion , and his criticism it is seldom safe to contradict . He bestows just praise upon The Rise of Woman , the Fairy Tale , and the Pervigilium Veneris ; but has very properly remarked , that in the Battle of Mice and Frogs the Greek ...
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