The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Walker, Akerman, Edwards, 1821 |
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... sufficient creatures , who have either trifled with philosophy , by at- tempting to ridicule it , or have encumbered it with novel terms and burdensome explanations , understood its real weight and purity half so well as Mr. Smith . He ...
... sufficient creatures , who have either trifled with philosophy , by at- tempting to ridicule it , or have encumbered it with novel terms and burdensome explanations , understood its real weight and purity half so well as Mr. Smith . He ...
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... sufficient to make the town an agreeable in- vitation . His greatest and noblest undertaking was Lon- ginus . He had finished an entire translation of the Sublime , which he sent to the reverend Mr. Richard Parker , a friend of his ...
... sufficient to make the town an agreeable in- vitation . His greatest and noblest undertaking was Lon- ginus . He had finished an entire translation of the Sublime , which he sent to the reverend Mr. Richard Parker , a friend of his ...
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... sufficient for its own support . The play , however , was bought by Lintot , who advanced the price from fifty guineas , the current rate , to sixty ; and Halifax , the general patron , accepted the dedication . Smith's indolence kept ...
... sufficient for its own support . The play , however , was bought by Lintot , who advanced the price from fifty guineas , the current rate , to sixty ; and Halifax , the general patron , accepted the dedication . Smith's indolence kept ...
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... sufficient to bring a testimonial from the clergyman officiating in the parish where the patient resided . After a year's experience , the physicians found their charity frustrated by some malignant opposi- tion , and made to a great ...
... sufficient to bring a testimonial from the clergyman officiating in the parish where the patient resided . After a year's experience , the physicians found their charity frustrated by some malignant opposi- tion , and made to a great ...
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... sufficient to qualify him for the study of law , and was entered a student of the Middle Temple , where for some time he read statutes and reports with proficiency proportionate to the force of his mind , which was already such that he ...
... sufficient to qualify him for the study of law , and was entered a student of the Middle Temple , where for some time he read statutes and reports with proficiency proportionate to the force of his mind , which was already such that he ...
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