The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Walker, Akerman, Edwards, 1821 |
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... passing in any ; but , in this , his want of application was in a great measure owing to his want of due encouragement . He passed through the exercises of the college and university with unusual applause ; and though he often suffered ...
... passing in any ; but , in this , his want of application was in a great measure owing to his want of due encouragement . He passed through the exercises of the college and university with unusual applause ; and though he often suffered ...
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... passed under his pen had all the life , proportion , and embellishments bestowed on it , which an exquisite skill , a warm imagination , and a cool judgement , possibly could bestow on it . The epique , lyrick , elegiack , every sort of ...
... passed under his pen had all the life , proportion , and embellishments bestowed on it , which an exquisite skill , a warm imagination , and a cool judgement , possibly could bestow on it . The epique , lyrick , elegiack , every sort of ...
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... utterly unable to prove , was never dis- covered . After this , he passed his days in the quiet exercise of his function . When the cause of Sacheverell put the publick in commotion , he honestly appeared among the 40 SPRAT .
... utterly unable to prove , was never dis- covered . After this , he passed his days in the quiet exercise of his function . When the cause of Sacheverell put the publick in commotion , he honestly appeared among the 40 SPRAT .
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... passed for securing the Protestant Succession , he was appointed to carry the ensigns of the order to the electoral court . He sat as one of the judges of Sacheverell ; but voted for a mild sentence . Being now no longer in favour , he ...
... passed for securing the Protestant Succession , he was appointed to carry the ensigns of the order to the electoral court . He sat as one of the judges of Sacheverell ; but voted for a mild sentence . Being now no longer in favour , he ...
Pàgina 47
... passed in his favour as the sentence of discernment . We admire in a friend that understanding that selected us for confidence ; we admire more , in a patron , that judgement which , instead of scattering bounty indiscriminately ...
... passed in his favour as the sentence of discernment . We admire in a friend that understanding that selected us for confidence ; we admire more , in a patron , that judgement which , instead of scattering bounty indiscriminately ...
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