The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Walker, Akerman, Edwards, 1821 |
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... reasons this design was dropped , though they are very much to Mr. Smith's honour . The truth is , and I speak it before living witnesses , whilst an agreeable company could fix him upon a subject of useful literature , nobody shone to ...
... reasons this design was dropped , though they are very much to Mr. Smith's honour . The truth is , and I speak it before living witnesses , whilst an agreeable company could fix him upon a subject of useful literature , nobody shone to ...
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... reason to apprehend . Writing with ease , what ( as Mr. Wycherley speaks ) may be easily written , moved his indignation . When he was writing upon a sub- ject , he would seriously consider what Demo- sthenes , Homer , Virgil , or ...
... reason to apprehend . Writing with ease , what ( as Mr. Wycherley speaks ) may be easily written , moved his indignation . When he was writing upon a sub- ject , he would seriously consider what Demo- sthenes , Homer , Virgil , or ...
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... reason to believe that little time was lost . But he remained not long neglected or useless . The victory at Blenheim ( 1704 ) spread triumph and confidence over the nation ; and Lord Godol- phin , lamenting to Lord Halifax , that it ...
... reason to believe that little time was lost . But he remained not long neglected or useless . The victory at Blenheim ( 1704 ) spread triumph and confidence over the nation ; and Lord Godol- phin , lamenting to Lord Halifax , that it ...
Pàgina 88
... reason which induced Cervantes to bring his hero to the grave , para mi sola nacio Don Quixote , y yo para el , made Addison declare , with undue vehemence of expression , that he would kill Sir Roger ; being of opinion that they were ...
... reason which induced Cervantes to bring his hero to the grave , para mi sola nacio Don Quixote , y yo para el , made Addison declare , with undue vehemence of expression , that he would kill Sir Roger ; being of opinion that they were ...
Pàgina 89
... reason , without eclipsing it , it requires so much nicety to exhibit , that Addison seems to have been deterred from prosecuting his own.de- sign . To Sir Roger , who , as a country gentleman , ap- pears to be a Tory , or , as it is ...
... reason , without eclipsing it , it requires so much nicety to exhibit , that Addison seems to have been deterred from prosecuting his own.de- sign . To Sir Roger , who , as a country gentleman , ap- pears to be a Tory , or , as it is ...
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