The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 3C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, 1782 |
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... is believed is confidently told . Dryden had been more ac- customed to hoftilities , than that fuch enemies fhould break his quiet ; and if we can fuppofe * Spence . B 2 him him vexed , it would be hard to deny him PRIOR . 3.
... is believed is confidently told . Dryden had been more ac- customed to hoftilities , than that fuch enemies fhould break his quiet ; and if we can fuppofe * Spence . B 2 him him vexed , it would be hard to deny him PRIOR . 3.
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... fhould be added to those who are empowered to fign ; the reason for which is , because he , having perfonally treated " with Monfieur de Torcy , is the best wit- " nefs we can produce of the fense in which " the general preliminary ...
... fhould be added to those who are empowered to fign ; the reason for which is , because he , having perfonally treated " with Monfieur de Torcy , is the best wit- " nefs we can produce of the fense in which " the general preliminary ...
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... fhould fquander it . The price of the volume was two guineas ; the whole collection was four thousand ; to which lord Harley , the fon of the earl of Oxford , to whom he had invariably adhered , added an equal fum for the purchase of ...
... fhould fquander it . The price of the volume was two guineas ; the whole collection was four thousand ; to which lord Harley , the fon of the earl of Oxford , to whom he had invariably adhered , added an equal fum for the purchase of ...
Pàgina 34
... fhould controul his defire of im- mediate renown , and keep his work nine years unpublished , he will be ftill the author , and still in danger of deceiving himself ; and if he con- fults his friends , he will probably find men who have ...
... fhould controul his defire of im- mediate renown , and keep his work nine years unpublished , he will be ftill the author , and still in danger of deceiving himself ; and if he con- fults his friends , he will probably find men who have ...
Pàgina 39
... fhould make : Our triumph had been founded in our flight . ' Tis ours , by craft and by furprife to gain : ' Tis theirs , to meet in arms , and battle in the plain . By this new ftructure of his lines he has avoided difficulties ; nor ...
... fhould make : Our triumph had been founded in our flight . ' Tis ours , by craft and by furprife to gain : ' Tis theirs , to meet in arms , and battle in the plain . By this new ftructure of his lines he has avoided difficulties ; nor ...
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