The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Walker, Akerman, Edwards, 1821 |
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... praise but what can be given to intellectual excellence , seldom employed to any virtuous pur- pose . His character , as given by Mr. Oldisworth , with all the partiality of friendship , which is said by Dr. Burton to show " what fine ...
... praise but what can be given to intellectual excellence , seldom employed to any virtuous pur- pose . His character , as given by Mr. Oldisworth , with all the partiality of friendship , which is said by Dr. Burton to show " what fine ...
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... praise is often indistinct , and the sentences are loaded with words of more pomp than use . There is little , however , that can be contradicted , even when a plainer tale comes to be told . EDMUND NEALE , known by the name of Smith ...
... praise is often indistinct , and the sentences are loaded with words of more pomp than use . There is little , however , that can be contradicted , even when a plainer tale comes to be told . EDMUND NEALE , known by the name of Smith ...
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... praise must have been written by Smith when he had been but two years in the uni- versity . This ode , which closed the second volume of the Musæ Anglicanæ , though perhaps some objections may be made to its Latinity , is by far the ...
... praise must have been written by Smith when he had been but two years in the uni- versity . This ode , which closed the second volume of the Musæ Anglicanæ , though perhaps some objections may be made to its Latinity , is by far the ...
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... praises which he dropped in conversation were considered , like those of Sca- liger , as worthy of preservation . He had great readiness and exactness of cri- ticism , and by a cursory glance over a new compo- sition would exactly tell ...
... praises which he dropped in conversation were considered , like those of Sca- liger , as worthy of preservation . He had great readiness and exactness of cri- ticism , and by a cursory glance over a new compo- sition would exactly tell ...
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... praise of Oldisworth . For the power of communicating these minute memorials , I am indebted to my conversation with Gilbert Walmsley , late registrar of the ecclesiastical court of Lichfield , who was acquainted both with Smith and ...
... praise of Oldisworth . For the power of communicating these minute memorials , I am indebted to my conversation with Gilbert Walmsley , late registrar of the ecclesiastical court of Lichfield , who was acquainted both with Smith and ...
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