The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Walker, Akerman, Edwards, 1821 |
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... produced by the operation of known characters . A subject will not easily occur that can give more opportunities of informing the understand- ing , for which Smith was unquestionably qualified , or for moving the passions , in which I ...
... produced by the operation of known characters . A subject will not easily occur that can give more opportunities of informing the understand- ing , for which Smith was unquestionably qualified , or for moving the passions , in which I ...
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... produce the scorn of his companions . With all his carelessness , and all his vices , he was one of the murmurers at Fortune ; and won- dered why he was suffered to be poor , when Addi- son was caressed and preferred ; nor would a very ...
... produce the scorn of his companions . With all his carelessness , and all his vices , he was one of the murmurers at Fortune ; and won- dered why he was suffered to be poor , when Addi- son was caressed and preferred ; nor would a very ...
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... produced without the powers of King . The same year , he published Rufinus , an historical essay ; and a poem , intended to dispose the nation to think as he thought of the Duke of Marlborough and his ad- herents . In 1711 , competence ...
... produced without the powers of King . The same year , he published Rufinus , an historical essay ; and a poem , intended to dispose the nation to think as he thought of the Duke of Marlborough and his ad- herents . In 1711 , competence ...
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... produces would be not only injustice , but sacrilege . " He published , the same year , a poem on the Plague of Athens ... produced the Royal Society , he was consequently engaged in the same studies , and became one of the fellows : and ...
... produces would be not only injustice , but sacrilege . " He published , the same year , a poem on the Plague of Athens ... produced the Royal Society , he was consequently engaged in the same studies , and became one of the fellows : and ...
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... produced the Ambitious Step - Mother , which was received with so much favour , that he devoted himself from that time wholly to elegant literature . His next tragedy ( 1702 ) was Tamerlane , in which , under the name of Tamerlane , he ...
... produced the Ambitious Step - Mother , which was received with so much favour , that he devoted himself from that time wholly to elegant literature . His next tragedy ( 1702 ) was Tamerlane , in which , under the name of Tamerlane , he ...
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