The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Walker, Akerman, Edwards, 1821 |
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... say of another , " and which , however , comprises great part of what can be known of Mr. Smith , it is better to transcribe at once than to take by pieces . I shall subjoin such little me- morials as accident has enabled me to collect ...
... say of another , " and which , however , comprises great part of what can be known of Mr. Smith , it is better to transcribe at once than to take by pieces . I shall subjoin such little me- morials as accident has enabled me to collect ...
Pàgina 2
... says , in his " Art of Poetry : " -Ego nec studium sine divite venâ , Nec rude quid prosit video ingenium : alterius sic Altera poscit opem res , et conjurat amice . He was endowed by nature with all those excel- lent SMITH .
... says , in his " Art of Poetry : " -Ego nec studium sine divite venâ , Nec rude quid prosit video ingenium : alterius sic Altera poscit opem res , et conjurat amice . He was endowed by nature with all those excel- lent SMITH .
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... say nothing of his person , which yet was so well turned , that no neglect of himself in his dress could render it disagreeable ; insomuch that the fair sex , who observed and esteemed him , at once commended and reproved him by the ...
... say nothing of his person , which yet was so well turned , that no neglect of himself in his dress could render it disagreeable ; insomuch that the fair sex , who observed and esteemed him , at once commended and reproved him by the ...
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... say she surpasses the French one , though embellished with whatever regular beauties and moving softness Racine him- self could give her . No man had a juster notion of the difficulty of composing than Mr. Smith ; and he sometimes would ...
... say she surpasses the French one , though embellished with whatever regular beauties and moving softness Racine him- self could give her . No man had a juster notion of the difficulty of composing than Mr. Smith ; and he sometimes would ...
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... say , as Horace did of himself , what I never yet saw translated : Meo sum pauper in ære . At his coming to town , no man was more sur- rounded by all those who really had or pretended to wit , or more courted by the great men , who had ...
... say , as Horace did of himself , what I never yet saw translated : Meo sum pauper in ære . At his coming to town , no man was more sur- rounded by all those who really had or pretended to wit , or more courted by the great men , who had ...
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